Comments on: Sailing the 7 C’s of Motivation

By: 7c’s of Motivation « I blog to share and to learn

7c’s of Motivation « I blog to share and to learn — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:24:01 +0000

[...] of Motivation May 29, 2010 by vrburton I had this article marked for reading: The Edurati Review: Sailing the 7 C’s of Motivation: “Facilitating motivation involves a multitude of processes, seven of which will be examined [...]

By: What I’ve Learned From My PLN (September 1, 2009) – Teaching Village

What I’ve Learned From My PLN (September 1, 2009) – Teaching Village — Sun, 30 May 2010 01:39:12 +0000

[...] motivation…I remembered a post Chad Ratliff shared from The Edurati Review last May. In Sailing the 7 C’s of Motivation, Lee Rakes adds to the list of factors that create motivation (and renames a couple so they fit [...]

By: The Edurati Review: Sailing the 7 C’s of Motivation « VRBurton's MEGA Blog

Sun, 23 May 2010 13:30:39 +0000

[...] Sailing the 7 C’s of Motivation Filed under: Uncategorized — vrburton @ 7:29 am The Edurati Review: Sailing the 7 C’s of Motivation: “Facilitating motivation involves a multitude of processes, seven of which will be examined [...]

By: beckiwithani

beckiwithani — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:16:00 +0000

This is really, really useful. Thanks.

By: Joan Young (aka Mancini)

Joan Young (aka Mancini) — Sat, 02 May 2009 17:26:00 +0000

Thank you for a very well written look at the critical components of motivation! It’s refreshing to see an article that looks at challenge, competence and the emotional aspects of caring and connectedness all in one place. I think that so often people get pulled to a side where they think that those of us who place a strong importance on the learning environment and relational aspects like belonging and connecting, somehow neglect the curriculum. If students are turned off, disenfranchised and disengaged, the curriculum is not going to matter! Kids will be motivated: curious, engaged,and consistently working, if we provide a place that is interesting, challenging, respectful and supportive so that when they take risks and fall they will move on and learn from those experiences. School should be a place where students can challenge themselves to reach new heights, not play it safe and just get through.
Thanks again.

By: Kevin D. Washburn, Ed.D.

Kevin D. Washburn, Ed.D. — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:47:00 +0000

Lee, these are outstanding thoughts! The emotional components of learning can often be overlooked in our emphasis on coverage of the curriculum, but emotion influences every phase of learning. It seems we sometimes fight a covert war pitting facts versus feelings, not realizing that neither extreme aids learning. “When we educators fail to appreciate the importance of students’ emotions, we fail to appreciate a critical force in students’ learning. One could argue, in fact, that we fail to appreciate the very reason that students learn at all” (Immordino-Yang & Damasio, 2008). Thanks for giving us specific portals to student motivation.