Monday, March 30, 2009

CULTIVATING A LOVE OF LEARNING

CULTIVATING A LOVE OF LEARNING

Human beings are born with a hunger to learn, a seemingly instiable appetite for knowledge. Infants and young children appear to be propelled by curiosty, driven by an innate need to explore, interact with, and make sense of their environment. As one author notes, “Rarely does one hear parents complain that their preschooler is ‘unmotivated’ “ (James Raffini 1993).

“More than one In for students who enter first grsde leave before graduating, and many of those who do continue avoid making a personal commitment to the learning process.

Teachers usually enter the classroom with an inadequate foundation in both motivational theory and classroom application of motivational principles.

After children enter school, the level of parent involvement in their children’s education becomes very important.

Another way parents influence their children is through the transmission of values. If parents value learning for its own sake and this value is evident in their everyday lives, perhaps through activities such as pleasure reading or the pursuit of various hobbies, their children are more likely to cherish learning.

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