Motivation DISRUPTION AND INSPIRATION Overview Learning Process Disruption

Motivation DISRUPTION AND INSPIRATION

Overview: Learning Process Disruption Goal-Setting Making Connections Rehearsing Feedback (and Revision)

Creating Disruption Expectation Failures �The learner encounters a problem or idea or experience which contradicts or falls outside of their current mental models. Ken Bain What the Best College Teachers Do (2004)

Caveat: Safe Disruptions

Motivation: Premise �“People learn best when they ask an important question that they care about answering, or adopt a goal that they want to reach. . . If we are not seeking an answer to anything, we pay little attention to random information. ” Ken Bain What the Best College Teachers Do (2004)

Motivational Theories Extrinsic Motivation Intrinsic Motivation �The learner’s focus is on the unrelated external reward that results from successfully completing the learning task (grade, money, praise, self-esteem) on mastery of the material because of its utility, relevance, beauty, or intrinsic appeal.

Motivational Theories Values �Attainment Value �Intrinsic Value �Instrumental Value Expectancies �Outcome Expectancies �Efficacy Expectancies

Students with extrinsic or instrumental motivation show higher levels of cheating and shallower levels of learning. Extrinsic Motivation

Fostering Intrinsic Motivation Authentic Problems Open Questions Reasonable Challenges

First Challenge How do you create disruption? And convince them to care?