The Motivated School

Some students don't achieve their full potential, while others of similar ability achieve more than predicted. This book shows how important students' motivational mindsets can be in influencing the way they learn. The author brings together evidence from recent research, shows how successful learning contexts can be created, and provides real-life suggestions for teachers working with disengaged learners.

List of Diagrams

viii

List of Tables

ix

About the Author

xi

Acknowledgements

xiii

Preface

xv

Part I The Motivation Drivers

1

(28)

Introduction

3

(4)

The Need for Change

3

(1)

The Transitional Reward Culture

4

(1)

Towards a Culture of Autonomy

4

(1)

The Motivating School

5

(1)

Aims of the Book

5

(2)

Current Thinking about Motivation

7

(6)

What is Motivation?

7

(1)

The Functions of Motivation

7

(1)

Theories of Motivation

7

(1)

From Theory to Practice

8

(1)

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation

9

(1)

Self-determination

9

(1)

Moving from External Regulation to Self-determination

10

(3)

What Drives Motivation?

13

(16)

Balancing Contradictory Motives

13

(1)

The Drivers and Dimensions

14

(1)

How the Model Works

15

(9)

Conclusions

24

(5)

Part II The Motivation Mindsets

29

(32)

How Teachers Make Sense of Students' Motivation

29

(2)

Ideas about Ability, Explanations of Progress and Attitudes towards Achievement

31

(12)

Ideas about Ability

31

(1)

Explanations of Progress

31

(3)

Attitudes towards Achievement

34

(9)

The Real `Feel-Good' Factor -- Self-efficacy in Goal Achievement

43

(14)

What about Self-esteem?

43

(5)

The Puzzle of Self-esteem

48

(2)

A Better Way to Build Confidence

50

(1)

How the Mindsets Work Together

51

(2)

The Role of Self-esteem in Movitating Learning

53

(1)

The Complete Motivation Model

54

(3)

The Power of Learning Goals

57

(4)

The Benefits of Learning Goals

57

(4)

Part III The Drivers in Action

61

(46)

Engagement -- Creating Learning Relationships

63

(8)

What is Engagement?

63

(8)

Structure -- from Teacher Authority to Student Autonomy

71

(8)

What is Structure?

71

(8)

Stimulation -- Effective Teaching and Learning

79

(8)

What is Task Value?

79

(8)

Learning through Feedback

87

(20)

What is Feedback?

87

(1)

Dealing with failure

87

(14)

Self-evaluation Checklists

101

(6)

Part IV Summary and Conclusions

107

(24)

Motivating Boys and Girls

109

(6)

Male and Female Type Motives

109

(1)

Social Worlds

110

(1)

Attitudes to Achievement and Explanations of Progress

111

(1)

Self-esteem

112

(1)

Gender-Specific Driver Applications

112

(3)

The Motivating School

115

(8)

Introduction

115

(1)

Leadership

115

(2)

The Management Motive

117

(1)

Staff Affirmation and Empowerment

118

(1)

Management Mindsets and Drivers

119

(1)

The Motivating School Culture

120

(1)

The Physical Environment

121

(2)

Summary and Conclusions

123

(8)

Motivating from the Inside

123

(4)

Conclusions

127

(4)

Bibliography

131

(11)

Index

142

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials