Teachers who create warm and accepting yet business-like atmospheres will promote persistent effort and favorable attitudes toward learning. This strategy will be successful in children and in adults.

Of course, motivational teaching isn’t necessarily the norm. I’ve heard some Quaalude teaching in my days that left my mind more in a torpor than a tempest. What is the difference between that and ...

Have you ever asked yourself, "Can I really motivate my learners, or can I only create the right conditions to inspire motivation?" Let’s explore what motivation is and how we can enhance it. When ...

For decades, educators have wondered how to best recapture students’ traveling eyes or prevent their heads from slumping onto their desks. Student engagement is a perennial challenge in the classroom, ...

One of our favorite books is How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Susan A. Ambrose and others. The chapter we turn to again and again is “What Factors Motivate ...

Having been a high school ag teacher and FFA advisor for 11 years, I appreciate education. The desire to learn is important — especially if it is something that directly affects my life. For me, the ...

Editor’s note: This article on learning and student motivation originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog and is reposted here with permission. In 2020, my wife and I bought a used 2017 ...

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the higher education landscape for faculty and students alike. Universities across the globe were forced to close their doors and abruptly shift from ...