Find out more about the impact of rewards on pupils motivation in school
Carrot Rewards aims to provide the best tool for teachers to motivate their pupils. As a part of that effort we are working with a number of university experts and leading teachers in the area of pupil motivation in school.
Student motivation is at the heart of many classroom problems. Once you’ve got students engaged and interested half the battle is won.
Don’t feel like you’re at the front on your own. It’s their education too and at KS4 they are old enough to take some responsibility for their own learning. Teaching isn’t a show so let your students get involved. Sharing your aims and objectives, along with continual revision and a clear progression path, will help them understand where you’re leading them and make them more willing to follow. Paired with a classroom environment that encourages discussion and debate, this will foster intrinsic motivation that gives your students ownership over their own education.
It can be easy to let students coast along, especially when exam levels have already been decided, but a challenge doesn’t have to mean a task that is too difficult; instead, it can be about questioning how they normally think. Subject-specific puzzles and logic problems can be used to great effect, especially those with open-ended answers that develop critical thinking. Getting away from the textbook and shaking the classroom routine up will motivate Key Stage 4 students, and students at any stage, no end!
Whatever your subject, students need to not only understand the purpose of activities but also the function of the subject matter in the context of their lives; how it will help them achieve an ambition or what skills it will provide for their later life. If you can show them the money you’ll have them hooked.
Often it can feel like finding the time to motivate your students is an uphill battle you can’t face. However with some thought to how to give them ownership, you’ll find that your classroom becomes a much more rewarding and collaborative place.
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