In today’s technological world, many students don’t
understand the value of determination and persistence. With the progression of
technology, we have become reliant on immediate results and feedback. Our world has become an instant, “right now”
world. As educators, we have the task of
being innovative in teaching our students the concept of working hard to
achieve desired goals.
A problem many educators face is inspiring students to put in an effort, especially if the material they are required to learn doesn’t connect. Working in a college setting, I hear the same statement quite often, “why do I have to take a Philosophy class? This class doesn’t make sense.” Students need to connect and see that there are others trying to connect the material. Pitler, Hubbell, Kuhn, Malenoski (2007) states that “when students see that others have faced many of the same difficulties they face and have overcome these obstacles and achieved goals with strong effort and good attitude, they too can see the connection between effort and achievement.” (p. 161) A way our campus has tried to accomplish this goal is to set up Learning Communities. The theory is to group students with the same schedule together to add peer-support and influence each other to make the connection of understanding effort and achievement.
Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 155-164.
A problem many educators face is inspiring students to put in an effort, especially if the material they are required to learn doesn’t connect. Working in a college setting, I hear the same statement quite often, “why do I have to take a Philosophy class? This class doesn’t make sense.” Students need to connect and see that there are others trying to connect the material. Pitler, Hubbell, Kuhn, Malenoski (2007) states that “when students see that others have faced many of the same difficulties they face and have overcome these obstacles and achieved goals with strong effort and good attitude, they too can see the connection between effort and achievement.” (p. 161) A way our campus has tried to accomplish this goal is to set up Learning Communities. The theory is to group students with the same schedule together to add peer-support and influence each other to make the connection of understanding effort and achievement.
Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 155-164.
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