Boosting High School Students’ Sense of Agency and Motivation
ByMary Davenport
edutopia.org
4min
Providing students with greater voice and choice in the classroom can build their desire to learn and do well academically.
It’s hard to be a teacher in any year. But 2021–22 was particularly difficult, and anytime students are unmotivated, forget about it.
So this past year I applied author Daniel Pink’s three principles of motivation (autonomy, mastery, and purpose, fromDrive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us) in my 10th-grade English class to rethink how I approached curriculum and assessment design. I found much success in student agency and motivation—and dare I even say, at times enthusiasm.
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Boosting High School Students’ Sense of Agency and Motivation
Providing students with greater voice and choice in the classroom can build their desire to learn and do well academically.
It’s hard to be a teacher in any year. But 2021–22 was particularly difficult, and anytime students are unmotivated, forget about it.
So this past year I applied author Daniel Pink’s three principles of motivation (autonomy, mastery, and purpose, from Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us) in my 10th-grade English class to rethink how I approached curriculum and assessment design. I found much success in student agency and motivation—and dare I even say, at times enthusiasm.
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