Because I said so doesn't work anymore:
Personal Motivation and Practical Strategies
Session J, Friday May 30, 2014 11:30-12:45 am
St. Anselm College’s 22nd Annual Conference for Nurse Educators:
Clinicians and Educators
Rhonda Lawes MS, RN, CNE
WHAT ARE THE MOST
CHALLENGING STUDENT
ATTITUDES YOU’RE FACING AS A
NURSING FACULTY NOW?
WHERE ARE YOU STUCK
PERSONALLY?
SNAPSHOT OF MOTIVATION
THEORIES
Making Sense of Motivation Theories?!
LET’S CUT THAT DOWN TO THE
TOP THREE FOR FACULTY AND
STUDENTS
EXPECTANCY / VALUE
THEORY
Expectancy/Value Theory
Predictors of student engagement, persistence, & achievement
– (Schunk et al. 2014)
• Eccles-Wigfeld Model
Social
Cognitive
Perspective
Success
Expectancy
Perceived
Value
Atkinson’s Achievement Motivation
Differences in Expectancy/Values
Gender
Ethnic
Variables
SO WHAT!!!?
WHY DO I CARE?
But I was an A student before nursing
school….
How to help students develop realistic expectancies for success
• The role of faculty feedback
• How to determine the accurate level of challenge on academic
assignments
• Global self-esteem vs. domain specific competencies
• Self-Concept Beliefs
How to change Student’s belief about learning
• Unstable nature of competence/ability
• Decrease social comparison
Teaching Strategies
• How to increase cognitive engagement
– Cognitive
– Metacognitive
– Self-Regulation
• How to increase the student’s perceived value
– Rationales
– Model value/interest
– Activate personal interest through choice/control
How about you?
How do you develop realistic expectancies for success
• Self-Assessment
• Reality Based Self-Concept Beliefs
• Global self-esteem vs. domain specific competencies
How to change your beliefs about success
• Unstable nature of competence/ability
• Decrease social comparison
ATTRIBUTION THEORY
OR “HOW TO SURVIVE STUDENT
FEEDBACK/EVALS”
Attribution Theory
the perceived causes of outcomes
(Schunk et al., 2014)
Weiner (1992) cognitive theory of motivation based on the idea that
individuals are conscious and rational decision makers
Antecedents
Personal
factors
Environ
mental
Attribution Theory
We’re motivated by wanting
to understand and master
our environment
We’re motivated by trying
to understand why we and
others “do what we do”
Causal Dimensions
Stability
• Stable
• Unstable
Locus
• Internal
• External
Control
• Controllable
• Uncontrollable
Attributional Theory of Motivation by Weiner
STABILITY
Internal
External
Controllable
Uncontrollable
Controllable
Uncontrollable
Stable
Long-term effort
Aptitude
Instructor
bias/Favoritism
Ease/difficulty
of school or
course
requirements
Unstable
Skills/knowledge
Temporary or
situational effort for
goal/exam
Health on day
of exam
Help from
faculty or
friends
Chance
Mood
SO WHAT!!!?
WHY DO I CARE?
What to do When Attributions Go Bad…..
(yep, even student evals)
Nursing Students and Faculty
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Hedonic Bias/Self-Serving Bias
Self-Centered Bias
False consensus bias
Student Evaluations
Learned Helplessness
Attributional Biases – Reality Based Assessment
– Just the facts ma’am
Attribution Retraining
Can we really do that?
• How to leverage Attributional Feedback
for your benefit
– Students
– Personal
GOAL THEORY
Goal vs. Need
Need
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internal force or drive to attain or avoid a given outcome
Maslow
Goal
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a behavior or outcome that an individual is consciously trying to
accomplish;
cognitive representations of needs or drives
Cognitive Goal Theories
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Social Cognitive Theory
Information Processing Theory
Motivational Systems Theory
Goal Content/Processes
SO WHAT!!!?
WHY DO I CARE?
Cognitive Goal Theories
• Impact on:
– Your personal motivation
– Job satisfaction
– Student motivation
– Academic performance
Goal Orientation Theory & Achievement
Goal Orientation Theory for Faculty
How to influence student motivation
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Relevancy
Learning tasks – do something different
Acceptable level of challenge
Student choice/control
Ways to focus on individual improvement
Mistakes are valuable to learning
Group projects for team building – not individual assessment
Goal Orientation Theory for Faculty
T.A.R.G.E.T.
Tasks
Authority
Recognition
Grouping
Evaluation
Time
Now Back To Those Challenges
• Discussion
• Let’s make a plan
• Student
• Personal
Thank you for coming!
Rhonda Lawes MS, RN, CNE
Email: [email protected]
Blog: www.Passion4TeachingCollege.com