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Resistance and Motivation
Student interest and motivation is key in successful learning. Sometimes
an instructor can easily put strategies into place such as alternative
assignments, grading systems, and extra credit options. Sometimes a
deeper issue is at work when "problem" responses or behaviors occur. Is
the student resisting the course content, the instructor's teaching approach,
or the very idea of being in school at all? Articles offered this month
offer motivational strategies, as well as a variety of theoretical and
practical analyses of resistance.
Fill out and mail to LLP, zip 420.
# of copies (3 max) Title
_______ "Promoting Motivation and Learning." Discusses extrinsic rewards vs. intrinsic satisfaction, learning and grading orientations, and ways to motivate students.
_______ "Coping with Student Resistance to Critical Thinking: What the Psychotherapy Literature Can Tell Us." Authors "discuss some settings that inhibit learning that are similar to both [psychotherapy] and the teaching of critical thinking [and] suggest procedures for handling such obstacles."
_______ "Practical Proposals for Motivating Students." Overview of theories of motivation and specific applications to in-class activities, exams and papers, grading, and conferencing.
_______ Excerpt from Theory and Resistance in Education. Explains resistance theory as a way to understand "complex ways in which subordinate groups experience educational failure…so that educators can be more precise about what resistance actually is and what it isn't."
_______ Bibliography: "Resistance & Motivation."
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