How to support and advance learning of young people
1. Explain in detail how you would support and advance the learning of children and young people in your class:
A. Individually
B. In a small group
C. The whole class with and without teacher support
Look at the resources available. As the HLTA, how do you react to different situations? Think about the skills you use to communicate and build relationships.
Motivation is the key to supporting and advancing the learning of children and young people within my class. Motivation affects the nature of an individuals behaviour, the strength of the behaviour, and the persistence of the behaviour. There are many approaches to motivation: physiological, behavioural, cognitive and social. It is the crucial element on setting and achieving goals. Although activities are incorporated into lesson plans to engage children and young people in class, essentially we are trying to motivate them to complete these activities to a satisfactory outcome to advance their learning. Children and young people do things because they want to, as they are naturally curious. If a child makes a choice that is self benefiting, this is called ‘intrinsic motivation’ e.g. by choosing what clothes they want to wear. If the child is doing an activity that has direction from someone else, then this is ‘extrinsic motivation’ because it is happening outside of the child or young person. Children that are intrinsically motivated are more likely to retain information, as it is themselves that are being rewarded and therefore would be more involved in their learning development.
A number of behavioural characteristics can be used to measure high motivation. As a HLTA, if we can access these characteristics, then lessons would prove to be more interesting and productive. Persistence is the capability to stay focused on task for a moderate period of time. If a child or young person is motivated then they will stay on task for longer than an unmotivated child. Persistence is associated with being
A. Individually
B. In a small group
C. The whole class with and without teacher support
Look at the resources available. As the HLTA, how do you react to different situations? Think about the skills you use to communicate and build relationships.
Motivation is the key to supporting and advancing the learning of children and young people within my class. Motivation affects the nature of an individuals behaviour, the strength of the behaviour, and the persistence of the behaviour. There are many approaches to motivation: physiological, behavioural, cognitive and social. It is the crucial element on setting and achieving goals. Although activities are incorporated into lesson plans to engage children and young people in class, essentially we are trying to motivate them to complete these activities to a satisfactory outcome to advance their learning. Children and young people do things because they want to, as they are naturally curious. If a child makes a choice that is self benefiting, this is called ‘intrinsic motivation’ e.g. by choosing what clothes they want to wear. If the child is doing an activity that has direction from someone else, then this is ‘extrinsic motivation’ because it is happening outside of the child or young person. Children that are intrinsically motivated are more likely to retain information, as it is themselves that are being rewarded and therefore would be more involved in their learning development.
A number of behavioural characteristics can be used to measure high motivation. As a HLTA, if we can access these characteristics, then lessons would prove to be more interesting and productive. Persistence is the capability to stay focused on task for a moderate period of time. If a child or young person is motivated then they will stay on task for longer than an unmotivated child. Persistence is associated with being