EDF1303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Biosafety, Rote Learning, Legitimate Peripheral Participation

• School: Monash University
• Department: Education
• Course: EDF1303
• Professor: M A R I A G I N D I D I S

Document Summary

Motivation: an internal state that arouses, directs & maintains behaviour". If motivation is perceived as a driving force or energy, then engagement (level of involvement and participation in the activity) can be thought of as this energy in action. Flow: describes the state in which a person is so completely engaged in what they are doing that task performance appears effortless and time seems to stand still. The manner in which it is taught. The setting within which the learning takes place. Amotivation: a complete lack of intent to act (no engagement at all) Intrinsic motivation: motivation associated with activities that are their own reward. Extrinsic motivation: motivation created by external factors such as rewards, punishment, to earn a grade . Locus of causality: the location (internal or external) of the cause of the behaviour. Teachers must encourage and nurture intrinsic motivation, while making sure extrinsic motivation supports learning.