Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn: A Comprehensive Guide for Teaching All Adults - Hardcover

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Raymond J. Wlodkowski is a psychologist and the author of numerous books on human motivation. He works globally in adult education and training.

Margery B. Ginsberg is a former associate professor of educational leadership and instructional improvement at the University of Washington-Seattle. A scholar/practitioner and the author of several award-winning books, she consults on student success in culturally diverse schools and colleges.

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In more than three decades since its original publication, Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn remains the classic reference for understanding adult motivation in educational and professional learning environments. It is a work of enduring value to both practitioners and students of adult learning.

An exciting new feature of this edition is its application to online teaching. Along with a new chapter and a complete instructional plan devoted to online teaching, this edition continues to blend a neuroscientific understanding of motivation with an instructional approach responsive to linguistically and culturally different adult learners. Throughout Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn and informing every chapter is a focus on the instructional challenges of community colleges and their service to first generation college students.

The essence of this book is how to think motivationally when planning instruction and teaching. A central feature is the Motivational Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching. This widely researched and internationally acclaimed model can be applied across a range of disciplines to strengthen learning and career outcomes. For this framework, Raymond J. Wlodkowski and Margery B. Ginsberg describe in detail sixty research-backed strategies to elicit and encourage adult motivation. They elaborate these ideas with practical examples, guidelines for instructional planning, and extensive discussions of assessment, transfer of learning, self-regulated learning, and growth mindsets.

Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn addresses what is necessary to deepen adult intrinsic motivation and help adults to want to learn. It analyzes the four major motivational conditions?inclusion, attitude, meaning, and competence?and provides a comprehensive and relevant set of teaching strategies, instructional designs, and field-tested examples that meet the demands of today's diverse learners. As more and more adults re-enter the educational system, instructors and trainers will find extraordinary value in this straightforward, true-to-life, and useful guide.

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In more than three decades since its original publication, Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn remains the classic reference for understanding adult motivation in educational and professional learning environments. It is a work of enduring value to both practitioners and students of adult learning.

An exciting new feature of this edition is its application to online teaching. Along with a new chapter and a complete instructional plan devoted to online teaching, this edition continues to blend a neuroscientific understanding of motivation with an instructional approach responsive to linguistically and culturally different adult learners. Throughout Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn and informing every chapter is a focus on the instructional challenges of community colleges and their service to first generation college students.

The essence of this book is how to think motivationally when planning instruction and teaching. A central feature is the Motivational Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching. This widely researched and internationally acclaimed model can be applied across a range of disciplines to strengthen learning and career outcomes. For this framework, Raymond J. Wlodkowski and Margery B. Ginsberg describe in detail sixty research-backed strategies to elicit and encourage adult motivation. They elaborate these ideas with practical examples, guidelines for instructional planning, and extensive discussions of assessment, transfer of learning, self-regulated learning, and growth mindsets.

Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn addresses what is necessary to deepen adult intrinsic motivation and help adults to want to learn. It analyzes the four major motivational conditions—inclusion, attitude, meaning, and competence—and provides a comprehensive and relevant set of teaching strategies, instructional designs, and field-tested examples that meet the demands of today's diverse learners. As more and more adults re-enter the educational system, instructors and trainers will find extraordinary value in this straightforward, true-to-life, and useful guide.