Are you struggling with student apathy or a general lack of motivation? Listen to this Rise Up Summit session from 2023 as motivation expert Dave Stuart Jr. shares the key factors that affect student motivation and how we as teachers can inspire our students to not only do the work, but genuinely care about it.
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Resource Links
Book: The Will to Learn: Cultivating Student Motivation Without Losing Your Own
Book: These 6 Things: How to Focus Your Teaching on What Matters Most
KEy Moments
10:50 What school is for
18:08 The five key beliefs beneath care-driven student motivation
30:32 No flippancy, no superiority, no presumption
46:00 You can't give students a good attitude if you don't have one
56:51 Utility & the rainbow of why
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