Jack Berckemeyer is joined by Kim Campbell, classroom teacher and member of the AMLE On-Site Professional Development Cadre. Jack and Kim share ideas about student motivation and the role of the classroom teacher. They discuss practical ways to motivate the young adolescent.
Motivating Young Adolescents
I really enjoyed the insight Kim gave on student motivation. I feel like sometimes we as educators can forget how important social-emotional health in the classroom is because the pressure that is often placed on standards and test scores. I found the comment you made about the students’ stress levels being high and creating the safe environment reduces those levels to be extremely eye opening.