Episode 8: Exploring Student Motivation - Ally Aldridge Gibbons

Join us as we explore the fascinating topic of student motivation with Ally Aldridge Gibbons, Teacher of Maths at Maiden Erlegh School in Reading! Ally gives us the low-down on the latest research into the factors which shape students' attitude to learning, the research-informed strategies we can trial in our own classrooms to enhance motivation, and how we can use remote learning to experiment with methods of increasing student motivation.

Take a look at these resources if you are interested in following up the references made by Ally: 

Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2007)

Hudley, Cynthia et al., Academic Motivation and the Culture of School in Childhood and Adolescence (2008) 

Scherer, R. & Nilsen, T., The Relations Among School Climate, Instructional Quality, and Achievement Motivation in Mathematics (2016)