The main focus of this chapter is to make sure we are motivating our students. Student motivation should be a real world experience, and should be personalized to the students. As a teacher these are some characteristic of a motivating teacher:
-Become a role model
-Be enthusiastic
-Get to know your students
-Set realistic performance goals
-Give praise and constructive criticism
-Give students as much control over their own education
Teacher planning is very important also. Teachers need to select topics that relate to students and have objectives. Some skills include: caring, personal, positive expectations, enthusiasm, organization, focus, introductory reviews, questioning, feedback, and closure and application. Also, a teacher needs to choose an instructional strategy that will provide students with the highest level of learning. There are four different of instruction strategies: Direct Instruction, Lecture-discussion, Guided Discovery, and Cooperative Learning. I believe students of the 21st century will relate most to the last two styles.
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