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Motivating the Unmotivated

Motivating the Unmotivated. By: Zeb Welborn and Manihi Kontnik. Lack of Motivation: Internal Causes. Perception of Failure Need for Control. Lack of Motivation: External Causes. Lack of Support Lack of Tools and Resources Conflicts with Societal Demands Violence Drugs and Alcohol.

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Motivating the Unmotivated

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  1. Motivating the Unmotivated By: Zeb Welborn and Manihi Kontnik

  2. Lack of Motivation: Internal Causes • Perception of Failure • Need for Control

  3. Lack of Motivation: External Causes • Lack of Support • Lack of Tools and Resources • Conflicts with Societal Demands • Violence • Drugs and Alcohol

  4. Students • Students are inherently motivated to learn. They learn to be unmotivated when they repeatedly fail. • Students have basic needs to belong, be competent and to influence what happens to them. • Motivation occurs most often when those basic needs are met.

  5. Core Beliefs • Every student can be successful • We can help our students achieve success

  6. 6 Strategies to Help Our Students Succeed • Focus on Effort • Foster Hope • Respect Student’s Power • Be Enthusiastic • Build Relationships • Invest in Your Students

  7. 7 Tips to Encourage Effort • Give Students Feedback • Build on Mistakes • Redo Work • Separate Effort from Achievement • Break Tasks into Smaller Components • Be Courteous • Give Reasons

  8. 12 Tips to Create Hope • Show how achievements benefit their lives • Use real world examples • Recognize, encourage and support “positive affirmations” • Acknowledge your mistakes • Demand more than you expect • Develop goals

  9. 12 Tips to Create Hope • Get organized • Ensure adequacy of basic skills • Create challenges that can be mastered • Set goals • Give before you get • Focus on the learning process

  10. 8 Tips to Give Students Control • Give students choices • Ask for opinions • Let them teach you • Defer to student power • Celebrate small successes • Enlist help from caretakers • Show students they have what it takes • Challenge refusals respectfully

  11. 5 Tips to Building a Strong Relationship • Let them know they are important to you • Ask for feedback • Be genuine and honest with them • Share stories about yourself as a student • Communicate with caretakers

  12. 4 Tips to Demonstrate Enthusiasm • Let them know you enjoy being their tutor • Be a life-long learner • Be light-hearted • Use their interests

  13. 6 Tips to Show you Care • Call Them • Communicate with Caretakers • Promote Them • Acknowledge Their Interests • Show You Care about Their Success • Ask Them about Themselves

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