Motivating to development

Skill developer:

Fondazione Hallgarten-Franchetti Centro Studi Villa Montesca (Italy)

Motivating to development:

The ability to encourage learners to achieve learning goals by developing their knowledge, competencies and talents.

Objectives:

• is able to make learning convenient and accessible
• is able to offer regular constructive feedback throughout the learning process/path.
• is able to appeal to different learning preferences in order to match learners’ personal needs.
• is able to train learners’ thinking, to improve their perseverance and patience.
• is able to enrich learners by fostering the building of self-esteem and self-confidence.

Criteria which are needed to show your skills and knowledge related to this soft skill:

Applicant/educator:

• makes learning convenient and accessible for learners
• offers regular constructive feedback throughout the learning process/path
• appeals to different learning preferences in order to match learners’ personal needs
• trains learners’ thinking with the goal of improving their perseverance and patience
• enriches learners by fostering the building of self-esteem and self-confidence

How to improve this specific soft skill:

Listen to the SOSTRA podcast ( audio, 11:03 min)

or use other additional learning material listed here (when translating you may use national sources):

• Improving Adult Literacy Instruction - Supporting Learning and Motivation https://www.nap.edu/read/13469/chapter/5
• Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation and Creativity in the classroom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2eRnhBvI_I
• What makes a good teacher great? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrU6YJle6Q4

Show your skills:

Link your evidence to the badge application form

• Save some videos (max. 30 min) related to your teaching or guiding sessions which show how motivating to development is important in your personal and professional development.
• Or write a self-reflective essay related to the learning objectives and badge criteria (max length 1-2 pages).
• Or if you think some other evidence is relevant for Motivating to development skill, please add the documentation or insert the link of your evidence into the application form.

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Applications will not be graded and it is not possible to apply for badges after the piloting period has ended 1.5.2020.