Motivating & Inspiring Students

Strategies to Awaken the Learner

Bringing motivation and inspiration to the classroom is not an easy task. Motivating and Inspiring Students: Strategies to Awaken the Learner outlines a framework, based on a six-level hierarchy of student needs and goals, that K-12 teachers can use to impart invigorating instruction. This book builds on the themes of Awaken the Learner: Finding the Source of Effective Education, which asserts K-12 schools' extreme focus on knowledge and skill acquisition is detrimental to students' growth. The authors--Robert J. Marzano, Darrell Scott, Tina H. Boogren, and Ming Lee Newcomb--share comprehensive understandings of the nature of motivation and inspiration and detail strategies to connect with students at each level of the student needs hierarchy.

This book builds on the themes of Awaken the Learner: Finding the Source of Effective Education, which asserts K-12 schools' extreme focus on knowledge and skill acquisition is detrimental to students' growth.