Margreet Docter

Increase motivation through agile learning: what to say or not to say 

The goal of this project is to motivate students to invest in their learning (attitude, habits, and skills), in order to move away from memorizing for passing exams and forgetting directly afterwards. I see motivated students in my class, each one of them wants to pass my course. However, be able to use that motivation and start acting, i.e. engaging in well-scheduled learning activities and tackling possible hurdles, is yet to be learned (and taught).  
 
I would love to increase the intrinsic motivation of my students by working on their learning agility. The result I expect is that students become more resilient, more motivated and less easily setback, not afraid to engage in challenging tasks and not afraid to make mistakes. I want them to welcome challenges as an opportunity to learn.  
 
My personal learning goal is to go far beyond transferring contextual knowledge, and be able to teach and convince students from a really powerful view of life: that a challenge is an opportunity to learn, to improve yourself, and to do better next time.