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Workshop

Making waves in our teaching practices: Applying motivational theory to optimize learner engagement, success and wellbeing

As teachers, we focus on cognitive strategies to support student learning (e.g., retrieval, dual coding). However, an ingredient we often overlook is motivation, which facilitates student engagement in learning. Self-determination theory (SDT), a motivational theory, can be applied in tangible ways to support learners' basic psychological needs and support intrinsic motivation to learn - associated with better recall, deeper learning, desire for optimal challenge, and even improved well-being. The purpose of this workshop is to apply SDT principles to understand how teachers support or hinder learner motivation, to implement strategies to support greater learner motivation, and to avoid approaches that hinder it.

This workshop blends large group discussion and small group interactive components. Participants will be introduced (15 mins) to the basic tenets and three basic psychological needs of SDT. Participants will actively engage in 3 facilitated small group discussions (15 mins each) brainstorming teaching strategies that support each of the 3 basic needs and teaching strategies to avoid that hinder each need. We will have a large group discussion (30 mins) summarizing the rationale for why certain teaching approaches are more or less supportive of learner motivation based on SDT.

Faculty Teachers, Education Leaders, Residents, Students

-Describe the principles of SDT, including the three basic needs of autonomy, competence, and relatedness, and how they affect motivation. -Describe teaching practices that support or hinder learner motivation. -Implement strategies to intentionally support learner motivation.

Motivation

Learning

Wellbeing

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Teaching and learning

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Undergraduate

Faculty Development

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