UNIT 4.2 Environmental Factors Affecting Motivation

Objectives:To be able to:identify the human factors that affect motivation specify the roles of teachers and parents in student learningdetail the classroom climate conducive for learning

Module 21: Human Environmental Factors Affecting Motivation

Teacher’s Affective TraitStudies suggest that management & instructional

processes are the key to learning but interview responses emphasize teacher’s affective characteristics more than pedagogical practice.

Affective Characteristics of Effective Teachers: Caring Fairness and RespectSocial Interactions with Students Enthusiasm and Motivation for Learning Attitude toward the Teaching ProfessionReflective Practice

The Need to Belong

•basic human need

•students who are accepted by teachers and

classmates feel they belong to the class

•students who feel that they are part of the

class look forward to attending &

participating

•sense of belongingness enhances their

learning and performance

Bullying

•obstructs the creation of a learning community•learning environment cannot be safe•by all means, bullying should be eliminated in schools•can be mild, it can be intense or deeply-seated and highly violent•safety in schools is being raised all over the world

Parent as Part of the Learners’ Human Learning EnvironmentThe learner spends at least six hours

in school. Parents, therefore, are supposed to

have moreopportunity to be with their children

than teachers.

Supportive Parents Behavior

•Follow up status of their children’s performance•Supervise their children in their homework /project•Check their children’s notebooks•Review their children’s corrected seat works and test papers•Attend conferences for Parents, Teachers and Community Association

Supportive Parents Behavior (cont.)• Are willing to spend on children’s

projects and involvement in school activities

• Participate actively in school-community projects

• Confer with children’s activities in school

• Are aware of their children’s teachers when necessary

• Meet the friends of their children• Invite their children’s friends at home

Module 22: The Classroom Climate

The classroom climate is more of a product of the interaction

between and among teacher and students than that of the

physical condition of the classroom. The physical condition of

the classroom may exert an influence on the social interaction

among the personalities in class but it may not contribute as

much as the classroom social interaction does.

Classroom Climate Conducive for Learning

•Specific classroom rules and procedures

are clear

•These classroom rules and procedure are

discussed on the first days of class

•Students are involved in the design of rules

and procedures

•Techniques to acknowledge and reinforce

acceptable behavior and provide negative

consequences are employed

•Clear limits for unacceptable behavior are

established

Classroom Climate (cont.)

• There is a healthy balance between

dominance and cooperation

• Teacher is aware of the needs of different

types of students

• Teacher is fully aware of the happenings

in the class

• Students’ responsibility for their own

behavior is enhanced

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