Module 5

Chapter 12 covers motivation in learning and teaching. Motivation is a huge part of education, on both sides, for students and teachers. Teachers have to be willing to put in long days and weeks and students must come ready to school every day willing to test their abilities and knowledge. According to the Woolfolk text, there are five general approaches to motivation. Those being behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, social cognitive, and sociocultural conceptions. (Woolfolk, pages 446-448) These different approaches are key to having success in motivation in education.

In chapter 14, the title is teaching every student. The first step is planning. (Woolfolk, page 533) Without an idea or plan on how to approach teaching every student you as a teacher will fail. Giving yourself flexible and creative plans will be beneficial to both you and your students. Many teachers big issue is the ability to work and teach all your students. The relation to your student's abilities to learn differently. For instance, certain students understand visual learning rather than hands-on learning and vice versa. A teacher must understand this and plan for different ways for all of your students to learn the material being taught. My experience with this is certain that certain students can only learn a specific way. I grew up being very particular about how I learned. Good teachers adapt to their students.

Lastly, chapter 15 of the Woolfolk text is about classroom assessment, grading, and standardized testing. Personally, I haven't had much experience doing any of this. Maybe a little bit of grading but not enough to where I feel comfortable. My last assignment for this class in which creating a quiz and test analysis report is going to help me so I'll feel more comfortable when I do start my career in teaching.