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MOTIVATION One of the biggest motivators is the sense that we have control. So if you want to increase the motivation of students, family or colleagues, give them choices in there duties and responsibilities. Choice can be as simple as the order of tasks or the method of presenting work. Another key motivator is knowing that our actions will make a difference. Twenty years of research on motivation and achievement bears on the idea of "self-fillfilling prophecy". Aim for the stars because we tend to be, do, and accomplish what we think we can. Motivation activity When a child or a friend comes to you with a problem, don´t fix it. (This is hard! Be strict with yourself.) Instead, support her and help her understand the problem. Offer encouragement to generate her own solutions. This is also a central activity of Quality Circle Time-projects in schools in UK. The Calcouste Gulbankian Foundation funded independent research to evaluate the inpact of Quality Circle time in secondary schools through a pilot project in a socially deprived area of Swindon. Quality circle time in secondary schools in UK is a creative process used to consider a wide range of issues affecting individuals and the whole school community. A reprentative sample of young people and all the PD teachers were interviewed for there views of QCT experience. From a year 7 pupil: "I used not to have many friends because they did not know much about me, but in circle time they got to know me, like my style and how I really am inside". Do you think you have changed in any ways as a result of Circle time? "I have learned more, I laugh more.I don´t push as many people as I did. We look after the little ones now and help them around the school. I just want to help people more, offer encouragement to generate there own solutions". Information: About Circletime in UK Jenny Mosley consultancies 8 Westbourne Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA140AJ UK www.circle-time.co.uk With love, Dhyan Vermeulen European Network on Emotional Quality © 2002-2008 |