Yusuf Kenan ÇAĞALOĞLU
English Instructor, Captain
Turkish Air Force

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Overview of Presentation
 Beyond our differences
 The original meaning of “education”
 Motivation
 Humanistic Perspective
 A Change of Attitude

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Hectic lives; tight schedules, things to catch, jobs to rush, no time to pause...

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
We may quite unknowingly or unintentionally lose sight of the big picture, that is life.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
We are all human beings having limited lifetimes on this lovely planet of ours, the earth.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
• According to its Latin roots, education is to lead out or bring forth that which lives within the human being. To truly educate is to nourish the unique and unfathomable possibilities that each person introduces into the world.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Some cultures recognize that the emergence of a human personality is, ultimately, a profound mystery, and so they honor the deeper dimensions of the human psyche. Other cultures hold fixed, instrumental, or ideological ideas about how a mature person should function in the world, and tend to ignore, or deny, the mysterious, interior dimensions of the personality.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
In modern, technological culture and many related forms of education, the human being is generally treated as an economic unit
- a producer and consumer playing a small specific part in a massive, interlocked, impersonal system of production. I believe, such a culture is not only shortsighted but also destructive, because it unavoidably leads toward global fragmentation and conflict rather than human fulfillment and peace.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
How do you define motivation in your own words?
Why do we need motivation?

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Motivaton initiates, guides, maintains, goal-oriented behaviors.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective activation
persistence intensity
 Activation involves the decision to initiate a behavior.
 Persistence is the continued effort toward a goal.
 Intensity is the concentration and vigor that goes into pursuing a goal.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
What motivated you to attend this seminar?
What motivates you to teach?

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
How do you motivate your students to learn?

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Intrinsic MOTIVATION Extrinsic

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
 Extrinsic motivations are those that arise from outside of the individual and often involve rewards.
 Intrinsic motivations are those that arise from within the individual, purely for personal gratification.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Research shows that intrinsically motivated students learn better.
This could be due to the fact that intrinsically motivated students are also extrinsically motivated whereas extrinsically motivated students are seldom found to be intrinsically motivated.
The line of distinction between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation can be a little blurry at times.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
It is also possible to consider motivation in terms of negativity and positivity.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
What is humanism?

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
A body of philosophies and ethical perspectives that emphasize human welfare, happiness and fulfillment.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Abraham Maslow, considered the Father of
Humanistic Psychology, based his theory on the notion that experience is the primary phenomenon in the study of human learning and behavior. He placed emphasis on choice, creativity, values, self-realization, and believed that meaningfulness and subjectivity were very important. For him, development of human potential, dignity and worth are ultimate concerns.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Motivation increases as needs are met.
Being (growth)
Needs
Motivation decreases as needs are met.
Deficiency
(basic)
Needs

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Being (growth)
Needs
Deficiency
(basic)
Needs

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Biological/Physiological Needs
We, as teachers, should be vigilant against possible cases of tiredness, sleepiness, hunger and thirst as they may cause a lack of concentration, comprehension and participation on the part of students.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Safety Needs
Teachers and educational administrators should take all necessary steps to create an educational atmosphere which is emotionally and mentally non-threatening.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Belongingness/Love Needs
The need to be needed and loved is as real as physical needs.
Thus, teachers and educational administrators should strive to create a positive, healthy, nurturing and loving learning environment by involving students in the process.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Team spirit.
We are all in the same boat.
Reciprocal respect and tolerance.
Cooperation and collaboration.
Pair work, group work and whole class projects.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Esteem Needs
Teachers and educational administrators should provide students with opportunities to develop self-confidence, self-esteem, selfefficacy through relations and interactions both in and out of classrooms.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Support and encouragement.
Giving students something to be proud of.
Elimination of fear and reduction of anxiety.
No teacher’s pets or no scapegoats.
Never
Quit!
Doing the fair share and taking responsibility.
Discerning the mistake and the mistake-maker.
Positive and heartening feedback for things well-done.
Constructive feedback for things to be improved.
Creating autonomous learners.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Cognitive Needs
Information combined with self-awareness gives birth to knowledge. In line with this understanding, teachers and educational administrators should make an effort to create meaningful, purposeful and experiential learning conditions.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Creating a need/thirst for knowledge.
Attracting and holding students’ attention.
Setting achieveable goals.
Meaningful, interactive, inductive learning experiences.
Employment of both cognitive and metacognitive skills.
Incorporating entertainment, surprises, inquiry and challenges into classes.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Aesthetic Needs
Beauty, balance and harmony enhance the quality of learning experiences and lead to success. Such an approach to learning should be made central to relationships, learning environments and learning experiences both in and out of the classroom.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Cleanliness and orderliness of the pyhsical environment.
Well-structured, well-timed and well-directed activities.
Smooth flow of classes. A sense of no time.
Enjoying oneself and letting others enjoy themselves.
A prevailing sense of harmony and peace.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Self-actualization Needs
A fulfilling and fruitful learning experience brings about
“true knowing” which spontaneously presents itself in creative ways.
This ultimately means fulfilment of the individual learner along with his/her peers and teachers.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Joy, happiness and fulfillment during and after learning experiences.
Internalization of knowledge and making it one’s own.
Ability to spontaneously and creatively use the knowledge and skills.
Discovering one’s unique talents and potential.
Sharing one’s gift with others and following one’s bliss.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Mevlana asks: “ What is your primordial essence?
” He answers: “You are thought. You are made of thought. Think of a rose and become one, or think of a thorn and become one.
”

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
We are not machines or robots. Neither are we cogwheels in the socioeconomic mechanism, nor batteries in the matrix.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Innately, we all aspire to joy and happiness, and we all avoid pain and sorrow. Yet, we are all unique in our own individual ways and have different gifts to share with the world. We have a potential, a destiny to be uncovered, realized and actualized.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Unless we remember how to truly educate, how to draw forth and nourish the richness of the human soul, we will not achieve genuine fulfillment or peace, neither personally nor globally.

Student & Teacher Motivation From A Humanistic Perspective
Can we achieve this?
Yes, only if we believe in ourselves.