The Six C’s of Motivation
April 7th, 2008
I have just read the article ‘The Six C’s of Motivation’ by Shiang-Kwei Wang and Seungyeon Han. I believe that developing motivation and interest among students will help to control behaviour management. If students are interested in a topic they will tend to listen and be active participants in a lesson. I believe that the Six C’s outlined below help to do this:
1. Choice
2. Challenge
3. Control
4. Collaboration
5. Constructing meaning
6. Consequences
I strongly recommend reading this article and it can provide teachers with multiple ways in helping to construct a productive and fun learning environment.
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I agree Louise with your response to the place of the ’six c’s’ in using ICT – in particular the place of collaboration and constructing. Although we can see the point of this exploration as children learn , often I find, that in the classroom, there is a perception that if the children are exploring (playing?), then can we be sure that they are learning. This is one of the big issues in primary education at the moment. You take drama for example – drama and literacy – does drama aid literacy development? Do we have time within the curriculum for drama?
If we are serious about kids making their own connections, and the notion of constructivist approaches to learning then of course the answer is yes but there are many sceptics who think we don’t have time for ‘play’ especially after year 2 or so.
Glynis
e- learning lecturer