The Will to Learn: A Guide for Motivating Young People

Martin V Covington

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Cambridge University Press, 1997

0521556791 / 9780521556798

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This book introduces the basic principles of motivation as they apply to classroom learning and management in a readable, non-technical form. Covington argues against the popular notion that the problems existing in schools today stem primarily from a lack of student motivation. Instead, he asserts that students are motivated, sometimes even overly motivated, but often for the wrong reasons. Traditional teaching methods, including conventional grading procedures and an emphasis on competition, can contribute to student demoralization, and Covington identifies the ways in which students respond to misguided incentives. For some students, motivation is directed at avoiding failure by avoiding participation. For others, demoralization leads to withdrawal from an educational system that they believe to be irrelevant to their lives. Still other students are driven to prove their worth by outperforming fellow students. The book suggests practical, concrete ways that teachers can use classroom incentives to inspire a desire to learn.…

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Titolo
The Will to Learn: A Guide for Motivating Young People
Autore
Martin V Covington
Editore
Cambridge University Press
Anno di pubblicazione
1997
Condizione
Good
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0521556791
ISBN 13
9780521556798

World of Books (was SecondSale)

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