Motivation & Engagement

What is the role and importance of motivation for effective teaching and classroom management?
What are some factors for intrinsic and extrinsic motivation?
What is engagement? What is meant by FLOW as engagement?

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The Plane

Motivation is what moves us to action. Why we start, go on with or stop an activity.
…the marshalling of enthusiasm, confidence and persistence.

Pupils motivation is malleable.
Mclean, A. 2009. p7

The challenge of all teachers is to motivate every learner!

Why should pupils be motivated?

Motivation is the new discipline.

“We need to move beyond behavioral models that control pupils through rewards and punishments, and increase the distance between teachers and pupils to models that see pupils' needs, goals, beliefs and feelings as the important sources of motivational power.”

(Mclean 2009)

Engagement refers to the intensity and quality of a pupils involvement during a task.
Engagement is important because it predicts achievement.
Young people’s engagement in learning declines over the school years, in part due to the way teachers teach.

Mclean, Alan. 2009.

Thinking about ‘engagement’

• ‘on-task’: intrigued and curious to know more;
• enjoying the classroom experience:
• asking questions;
• welcoming challenge;
• stretching themselves.

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