54th Roundtable: Teachers Behaviour VS Students Motivation

April 12th, Itje Chodidjah from Learning Partnerships led the discussion and played the role of the RELO hostess as well, while Rizal was the host. Damon and Kun were in Yogya leading a 2-day workshop on Multimedia in UGM.

Attended by 17 participants, the discussion went around the fact taht motivational strategies cannot be employed successfully in a 'motivational vacuum' - certain preconditions must be in place before any further attempts to generate motivation can be effective. Three important points were: 1. Appropriate teacher behaviours and good relationship with the students; 2. a pleasant and cupportive classroom atmosphere; 3. a cohesive learner group with apporpriate group norms.

A survey revealed that the teacher's own behavior is the single most important motivational tool.

To get to know further about the discussion from the resource person, feel free to send email to karce@cbn.net.id