Mendler identifies five effective processes you can use to reawaken motivation in students who aren't prepared, don't care, and won't work. These processes include emphasizing effort, creating hope, respecting power, building relationships, and expressing enthusiasm.
How do you motivate students who don't care?
Teaching Strategies for Motivating Students
- Explain. Not surprisingly, students tend to do poorly on tasks because they do not understand what to do or why they should do it. ...
- REWARDS. I am sorry to bring this old argument up. ...
- CARE. ...
- INVOLVE AND PARTICIPATE. ...
- TEACH INDUCTIVELY.
How do you motivate apathetic students?
8 Tips to Overcome Student Apathy
- Give students duties and responsibilities. ...
- Take your students seriously and celebrate their successes, no matter how small. ...
- Teach what's relevant. ...
- Be positive and a model of good behavior. ...
- Be consistent and fair. ...
- Allow your students to have a voice. ...
- Listen to your students.