Enhancing Student Motivation in the Classroom

Description

Motivation is a key part of engagement in the classroom. Dylan Selterman, an associate teaching professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, will lead a workshop guiding faculty on increasing student motivation where participants will consider big-picture goals that their students have (alongside their own goals as instructors) and consider ways to shift emphasis toward student-centered teaching and learning. This would include prompts such as: What do your students want to gain from your course(s)? What skills, knowledge, or experiences do your students want to build? Participants will discuss the scientific literature on motivation in education — specifically drawing from research from Self-Determination Theory — and review evidence-based teaching strategies on fostering student motivation.

Through active engagement with each other and the workshop content, faculty will consider changes in their own courses to build a student-centered framework, and to brainstorm ideas for interactive activities and exercises, with an emphasis on promoting students' needs.

This event is presented by the Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation, and faculty and staff from all schools and divisions at Johns Hopkins are welcome.

This is a hybrid event, offered in person in the Garrett Room in the MSE Library and via Zoom.