Will to Learn - A Guide for Motivating Young People

Zusammenfassung Martin Covington introduces the basic principles of motivation as they apply to classroom learning in a readable! non-technical form. The book suggests practical! concrete ways that teachers can use classroom incentives to inspire a desire to learn. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The future and its discontents; 2. Motives as emotions; 3. Motives as thoughts; 4. Self-worth and the fear of failure; 5. The competitive learning game; 6. Motivational equity and the will to learn; 7. Strategic thinking and the will to learn; 8. An immodest proposal; 9. Obstacles to change: the myths of competition; Epilogue; Appendixes; References; Author index; Subject index.

Product details

• Authors: Martin V. Covington, Martin V. (University of California Covington
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.1998
• EAN: 9780521553537
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55353-7
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics