I will be teaching world cultures at the sixth grade level.
The behavioral perspective deals with a person’s drive to maintain a healthy internal state. In order to integrate this perspective into my classroom, I will apply the incentive motivation theory which is promoted by B.F. Skinner. At the end of each chapter that I teach, I combine all sections and create a chapter test that assesses my student’s knowledge on several standards. In order to create an incentive for my students to pay attention throughout the lesson and do well on this test, I will explain that the student who receives the highest score on the test will be given a gift card to the movies or to an ice cream shop. My students are still young enough to be motivated by these …show more content…
Theorist Henry Murray promotes the concept of value motivation. This idea stems from the expectancy-value theory. According to this theory, a learner’s motivation is determined by how much they value the goal, and whether they expect to succeed. In order to incorporate this perspective into my classroom, I would create a “Jeopardy Game” to review vital information from my lessons with my students. I would split my class into two teams, making sure to create heterogeneous groups. During Jeopardy, all student must take turns in participating by answering questions for Jeopardy. Other than the motivation of winning or beating their classmates at a game, I would award 5 extra points on an upcoming quiz or assignment to the winning team. Since my groups are mixed with a variety of learners, even my lower level learners will feel motivated to engage in this activity because those extra points would be a big help to their grade. All students would have an opportunity to help their team and score extra points while having fun. Students will value this because at their age level they are very competitive with one another. By having mixed groups, these goals will seem attainable through teamwork and all students can help their team succeed. The jeopardy game helps reinforce my lesson in a way my students will …show more content…
George Homans created the social exchange theory which explains social change and stability as a process of negotiated exchanges between parties. In order to integrate this theory into my classroom, I will use it to help explain trade along the Silk Road. I will separate my students in groups of 4-5 to represent different areas along the trade route and explain that each group has a particular good or service that is valuable to others. I will also explain that each group has needs that they must attain from other groups around them. These groups must be able to come up with a priority list and be able to trade with groups around them through negotiation. At the end of this activity, students will be able to explain what goods they started with, what they needed and which “areas of the Silk Road” they needed to travel to in order attain what they needed. They will also need to describe what they traded and how they came up with these compromises. This activity will be entertaining to students and allows them to interact and make connections with each other through
The behavioral perspective deals with a person’s drive to maintain a healthy internal state. In order to integrate this perspective into my classroom, I will apply the incentive motivation theory which is promoted by B.F. Skinner. At the end of each chapter that I teach, I combine all sections and create a chapter test that assesses my student’s knowledge on several standards. In order to create an incentive for my students to pay attention throughout the lesson and do well on this test, I will explain that the student who receives the highest score on the test will be given a gift card to the movies or to an ice cream shop. My students are still young enough to be motivated by these …show more content…
Theorist Henry Murray promotes the concept of value motivation. This idea stems from the expectancy-value theory. According to this theory, a learner’s motivation is determined by how much they value the goal, and whether they expect to succeed. In order to incorporate this perspective into my classroom, I would create a “Jeopardy Game” to review vital information from my lessons with my students. I would split my class into two teams, making sure to create heterogeneous groups. During Jeopardy, all student must take turns in participating by answering questions for Jeopardy. Other than the motivation of winning or beating their classmates at a game, I would award 5 extra points on an upcoming quiz or assignment to the winning team. Since my groups are mixed with a variety of learners, even my lower level learners will feel motivated to engage in this activity because those extra points would be a big help to their grade. All students would have an opportunity to help their team and score extra points while having fun. Students will value this because at their age level they are very competitive with one another. By having mixed groups, these goals will seem attainable through teamwork and all students can help their team succeed. The jeopardy game helps reinforce my lesson in a way my students will …show more content…
George Homans created the social exchange theory which explains social change and stability as a process of negotiated exchanges between parties. In order to integrate this theory into my classroom, I will use it to help explain trade along the Silk Road. I will separate my students in groups of 4-5 to represent different areas along the trade route and explain that each group has a particular good or service that is valuable to others. I will also explain that each group has needs that they must attain from other groups around them. These groups must be able to come up with a priority list and be able to trade with groups around them through negotiation. At the end of this activity, students will be able to explain what goods they started with, what they needed and which “areas of the Silk Road” they needed to travel to in order attain what they needed. They will also need to describe what they traded and how they came up with these compromises. This activity will be entertaining to students and allows them to interact and make connections with each other through