Motivation
Motivation
As a teacher, you may know that it is not always easy to motivate students. Perhaps, you wonder how to enhance the motivation of your students. Within the theme Motivation, discover the basics of motivation as well as motivation strategies. Also, find good practices of fellow teachers.
E-learning: Respond to the motivation of students
In module 1 and 3 of the e-learning Basic Didactics (via Canvas), you learn how to be responsive to the motivation of students.
Support student well-being in your teaching
As a teacher, you can contribute to your students’ well-being in various ways, both at the group level and individually. It starts with creating a safe and inclusive learning environment, using activating teaching methods, and normalising to talk about well-being. Additionally, you can identify and refer issues and share experiences during Teacher Peer-Feedback sessions.
Strategies to fuel student engagement
Boost student engagement to improve retention, performance, and lifelong learning. Explore practical tips for behavioural, emotional, social, and cognitive engagement.
What is student engagement?
Encouraging student engagement is essential in higher education. It can transform simple actions like participating in class or enjoying a course into deep, meaningful commitment. Engagement could be the key to reducing student apathy and facilitating deeper learning. On the flip side, a lack of engagement can lead to negative outcomes for the student, their peers, and you as an educator. But what exactly is student engagement?
Utilising ‘HOT moments’ as moments of learning
Learn how to facilitate heated discussions in the classroom.
Guiding discussions
Learn about methods to stimulate discussion and what you can do to keep students engaged in discussion.