Classroom Motivation
By Midas / May 23, 2018 / 3 Comments / Motivation
If you’re looking for an alternative to teaching future educators about academic motivation not bogged down in theory and research, then look to this new and unique text, Anderman and Anderman’s Classroom Motivation. The authors link the growing disconnect between what motivation researches discuss and recommend, and what teachers know and think about students’ motivation, organizing the text around actual research-based instructional practices that teachers use everyday in their classrooms. Theory and research are not ignored, however, as both are introduced and thoroughly discussed in every chapter as they relate to the specific instructional practices that are being presented. Readers of the text will come to understand that motivation in inherently embedded in the everyday decision that teachers make as they design their instruction. Classroom Motivation, structured around instructional questions and issues while integrating theory and research throughout, results in a sound and grounded resource, most accessible for pre-service teachers and practitioners in educational environments.
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Indispensable, Every Teacher Should Own This Book! This book is an easy-to-read guided journey in professional development that offers immediate practical application. Anderman & Anderman provide clear explanations and thoughtful examples to articulate what it is that educators need to reflect upon and must attend to in order to create and maintain a cooperative and engaging learning environment that invites and nurtures students of all ages discover their potential and take hold of ownership of their learning. The referenced discussions on a…
Five Stars Great price, searches for days at university book stores and much cheaper online!
A good introductory read. I ordered this book for an Education course I was taking in college. It contains a lot of useful information about student motivation as it pertains to school and learning (as the title suggests), although maybe not as in depth as I would have hoped.If you are a student in a Teaching program, it would be a good introduction into some terminology and definitions regarding student motivation. However, if you are a seasoned professional, it probably won’t offer you much insight…