Student Motivation & Engagement

Purpose & objective

The aim of this research is to explore and understand the experiences of students who exemplify motivation to continue to pursue higher education. The study continues to be a qualitative phenomenological study to explore the factors and experiences that contribute to students' academic motivation when trying to get into college, current college success, and the careers that they pursue. The contribution that is expected of this research is to bring forth insight to school districts and colleges on how to best support students regarding family support, educators, and mentors while collecting data on their own extrinsic to intrinsic motivation. Research started with interviewing first-generation college students and has continued on to study educators on student engagement and how they are identifying motivation in their courses. The goal is to find ways to engage students in all levels of their studies so that motivation starts at a young age and continues throughout their lifetime. The main findings from this study have been that educators and mentors have the most significant impact on student motivation. My hope and goal is to find a way to transfer a model to teachers on how to be great role models and leaders while fostering and nurturing student engagement in lesson plans and curricula so that all students will be motivated throughout their lifetime.

Outline

Content & activities: Slideshow Presenation with video, reflection and collaboration with other educators, output of data shared on jamboard and google forms

Time:Presentation: 30 min, reflection & Collaboration: 15 min. Jamboard/ survey: 15 min.

Process: Interacting through reflective practices, device QR codes, sharing data- google drive

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