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How to Motivate Educators

-- John Cotton Dana
**The Five Pillars of Motivation**

According to Wlodkowski (1999) “Motivation is the natural human capacity to direct energy in the pursuit of a goal. Wlodkowski describes five vital building blocks necessary to form a strong foundation for motivating educators. These include; expertise, empathy, enthusiasm, clarity and cultural responsiveness.

1. //Expertise// – offer expertise, both in knowledge and preparation. 2. //Empathy// - understanding and consideration. 3. //Enthusiasm// - for the course, content, students, and profession of teaching. 4. //Clarity//- can be demonstrated be in classroom teaching, explanation of assignments, or classroom discussion. 5. //Cultural Responsiveness//- creating an inclusive learning environment and acknowledge the diversity in different perspectives as well as different ways of learning that learners bring to the learning environment

Raymond Wlodkowski: [|Enhancing Motivation to Learn]

**Motivating Students: Creating an Inspiring Environment**

How students learn is greatly affected by how well we do in the area of instruction. We can positively affect the environment within which students learn by paying attention to students’ sense of inclusion, their attitudes toward learning, the meaning they make of course material, and their feelings of competence (Weimer, 2010). The following teaching strategies come from the Center for Teaching Excellence:

1. //Establishing inclusion//: Create or affirm a learning atmosphere in which you and your students feel respected by and connected to one another

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">2. //Developing attitude//: Create or affirm a favorable disposition in your students toward <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">learning in your course <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">3. //Enhancing meaning//: Create engaging and challenging learning experiences that target <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">your students <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">4. //Engendering competence//: Create or affirm an understanding that your students have <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">effectively learned something they value and perceive as authentic to their real world

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">-- Henry Brooks Adams
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">//References://

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Weimer, M. (2010). //Inspired college teaching: A career-long resource for professional growth.// San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Wlodkowski, Raymond. (1999) //Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn: A Comprehensive Guide// //for Teaching All Adults (Revised Edition).// Jossey-Bass Publishers.