Motivating & Inspiring Students

Bringing motivation and inspiration to the classroom is not easy. With this practical resource, you'll discover a results-driven frameworkbased on a six-level hierarchy of student needs and goalsthat you can use to provide engaging instruction to students. Consider why students' esteem needs must be met for them to stay effectively engaged in school. Understand the drastic negative effects on students' mental and physical health when the need to belong is unfulfilled. The authors share comprehensive understandings of the nature of motivation and inspiration and detail specific strategies to connect with your students. Learn what teachers should do so students experience self-actualization in class. BenefitsLearn how creating a positive classroom community will support students' sense of belonging.Consider scenarios that portray how the book's suggestions might play out in the classroom.Review mindsets, dispositions, and behaviors that result in negative, unhelpful thinking and in positive, productive thinking.Study step-by-step processes that ensure students' needs get met in individual classrooms.Use the Awaken the Learner Snapshot Student Survey to assess students' levels of engagement, attention, motivation, and inspiration in school.Contents1 Research and Theory2 Connection to Something Greater Than Self3 Self-Actualization4 Esteem Within a Community5 Belonging6 Safety7 Physiology