Teaching Methods
For Fostering Positive Motivation Patterns
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In the modern world, there are an amazing amount of methods regarding how to effectively teach. For our purpose regarding Self-Determination and this project, there are two methods that will be focused upon. One is more tuned towards student's needs, and the other is all about conforming to what the teacher expects and prefers.
Autonomy
Autonomy
A form of educating that relies on teachers instructing students in a way that benefits their intrinsic motivation for the subject.
Controlling
Controlling
A form of educating that relies on teachers controlling their students motivation toward a subject extrinsically .
Ways Teachers Enable Students With An Autonomy Method
Ways Teachers Enable Students With An Autonomy Method
- Teachers adopt the student's perspective to make better assignments/activities
- Teachers welcome student feelings, thoughts, and actions
- Teachers allow for students to work on and pursue subjects in the ways that best suit their own personal wants/needs
Ways Teachers Enable Students With A Controlling Method
Ways Teachers Enable Students With A Controlling Method
- Students must adopt the teacher's perspective for assignments/activities
- Students feelings, thoughts, and actions are intruded upon by the teacher
- Students are taught to feel, think, and act in a way that the teacher feels appropriate for the subject
(Reeve, 2009)
Autonomous Instructing Strategies
Autonomous Instructing Strategies
- Provides and nurtures intrinsic motivational resources within the student
- Explain difficult lessons and activities thoroughly and with the students's needs and abilities in mind
- When talking with students, the teacher relies on words and phrasing that are both informational and not controlling to better the students learning
- When teaching difficult subjects, the teacher will show patience to the students to allow for the kids to learn as is best for themselves
- Teachers will be able to accept and address negative complaints within the classroom, whether it is subject or instruction-based
Controlling Instruction Strategies
Controlling Instruction Strategies
- Teachers rely exclusively on employing an assortment of external motivators to get kids to learn; such as rewards and deadlines
- Teachers will expect kids to learn the subject matter the first time that it is explained and will neglect explaining it further
- When talking with students, the teacher will rely on words and phrasing that pressure students to learn to the extent and pacing that the teacher expects
- When teaching difficult subjects, teachers will be impatient if students show a slower pace for learning/doing assignments correctly
- Teachers will not be able to accept negative comments and will use and assert power over the students to negate problems that the students have with the instruction
(Reeve, 2009)
Which Is The Best Teaching Style?
Which Is The Best Teaching Style?
This type of question is often hard to answer without divulging into a type of bias, but for the purpose of Self-Determination Theory, the answer is very clear. Intrinsically motivated students are the end result of successful practice of the theory, so Autonomous teaching is the way to go. This is the right answer because autonomy is one of the basic concepts of Self-Determination theory, and Autonomous teaching is heavily rooted in intrinsic motivation. Controlling teaching methods are usually the easiest and what teachers fall back upon when other methods "don't work." The method is very rooted in extrinsic motivation, which is what our theory strives to stay away from. From the above reasoning and bullet points, I can say without a reasonable doubt that Autonomous teaching methods are what educators should strive for.
Now that we know more about self determination theory lets take a look at how Calvin demonstrates different forms of Motivation.
Now that we know more about self determination theory lets take a look at how Calvin demonstrates different forms of Motivation.
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