Effectiveness of Teachers’ use of Motivational Skills to enhance Student’s Academic Learning outcome
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In this study, the researcher has a purpose to inform all our teachers, students, and parents about the impact on the effective use of teachers' motivational skills in the teaching-learning process. The purpose and importance of motivation should be clearly understood by the teachers. The fundamental aim of effective use of teacher's motivational skills is to stimulate and facilitate any learning activity. So teachers have a lot to do with student's motivational learning as an effective form of learning is not possible without motivation.
A student may attend the class with a certain degree of motivation, but the teacher's behavior, teaching styles, the nature of the classroom environment, and informal interaction with students all have a large effect on student motivation. Since motivation help students to concentrate better and gain satisfaction, teachers need to provide continuous motivation in every teaching lesson.
This paper was a qualitative study based on in-depth semi-structured interviews which were limited to eighteen key informants due to the small size of the community. Data were analyzed with a content analysis approach. The study was conducted in two different schools in the same district.
The study determined that most of all our teachers in their various workplaces are experiencing numerous challenges and hardships while working hard to make teaching-learning interesting and meaningful. Some of the impeding factors included: lack of resources and training, lack of parental support and guidance, behavior and feedback, and the teacher-student relationship.
The findings revealed that to encourage learners to learn more effectively and become lifelong learners, our teachers need to enhance their knowledge and skills through the provision of various training, workshops, seminars, and other exchange programs on regular basis. If only then teachers motivate students, they will ultimately realize the learning purpose and achievable goal.
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