Motivating People to Learn: And Teachers to Teach
Greg Pastoll
(Author)
Gregory Pastoll
(Author)
Description
A frank and plain-spoken account of how to make use of intrinsic motivation to power the learning process - at all levels of education, for students of any age. Using examples from many different educational settings, the author describes in detail these twelve powerful strategies that will help any teacher or trainer make significant improvements to their students' motivation for learning: - Starting with the learners' questions - Making use of constructive competitiveness - Giving students the right level of challenge - Getting students to interpret original data - Making the learning experience hands on - Allowing students the maximum freedom to play with ideas - Shattering students' complacency - Giving constructive feedback - Giving learners the opportunity to excel - Providing students with the means to judge their own progress - Co-operative learning techniques, and - Exposing students to motivated people.
Product Details
Price
$15.94
Publisher
Authorhouse UK
Publish Date
June 05, 2009
Pages
224
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.51 inches | 0.74 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781438916477
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Born in South Africa, studied Mechanical Engineering, later taught basic Mechanical Engineering subjects. Wrote the scripts of five musicals, two of which have been performed. These are 'The Pirate Queen' (no relation to two other musicals with that title) and 'Jovano's Question'. Now an Australian citizen, writer and artist.