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Intrinsic Motivation in the PK - 12 Classroom

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HBGCC - 214C

Innovator Talk

ASCD Annual Content

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Session description

Participants in this session will gain a compelling rationale for appealing to students' intrinsic motivation in the classroom, gain an understanding of the five (5) universal internal motivators that drive all human behavior, and leave with specific classroom strategies for boosting all students' motivation to learn, persevere, perform, and succeed.

Outline

Outline:
1. Welcome, introduction, and brief overview of
presentation - 2 minutes
2. Engagement -
a. The Three Rules of Education - Relationships X 3
"That's Me" whole group activity (4 mins.)
b. My background (2 mins.)
3. Content
a. Motivation - Defined (1 min,)
b. Traditional Approach to Student Motivation -
The "Carrot and Stick" -
1. Activity: The Iron Fist - Pair activity and group
processing (7 mins.)
2. The Problems with Extrinsic Motivation (3 mins.)
- Reviewing and validating pairs' input
- mini-lecture on research of Deci and Ryan on
negative impacts of extrinsic motivation
c. Intrinsic Motivation
1. Why Choice Theory (1 minute)
2. The Five Universal Motivators/Needs
a. Lecture while participants complete
advanced organizer - "My Needs Circle" -
helping them personalize the 5 motivators.
(10 mins.)
b. Partners share (3 mins.)
3. Strategies that Address 5 Motivators
a. Safety and Security - (3 mins)
- Intro email/letter
- Peripherals
- Peer-to-Peer discussion
b. Love and Belonging (5 mins.)
- 1st Day Quiz
- Class Quilt
- Name Game
- Do You Know Your Neighbors?
- Peer-to-Peer discussion
c. Personal Power and Agency (5 mins.)
- The Class Constitution
- Self-Regulation Skills (The Car Metaphor)
- Peer-to-Peer discussion
d. Freedom and Autonomy (2 mins)
- Choices of Performance Assessment
- Competence-Based Learning
- Peer-to-Peer discussion
e. Fun and Play (4 mins,)
- Electric Eyes
- Zip, Zap, Boing
4. Conclusion - 3 minutes
a. Partners discuss what they learned and what
they will implement
b. Share information on The Classroom of Choice
(ASCD, 2024)

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Supporting research

1. The Classroom of Choice: 100+ Strategies to Reach and Teach Every Learner, 2nd edition (ASCD, 2024) includes much of the latest research on the benefits of avoiding extrinsic motivation and focusing instead on intrinsic motivation.
2. Also, the work of William Glasser - Choice Theory; Edward Deci & Richard Ryan - Self-Determination Theory; Alfie Kohn ("Punished by Rewards")

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Presenters

Jonathan Erwin

Director

Western NY Teacher Center

Session specifications

Topic:

Classroom Culture and Management

Grade level:

PK-12

Audience:

Curriculum Designer/Director, School Level Leadership, Teacher

Attendee devices:

Devices not needed

TLPs:

Cultivate Belonging, Ignite Agency

Influencer Disclosure:

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