Teacher as a motivator

Er Neeraj Dubey
A Teacher is called the pillar of the nation. The teachers is like a model to the students, so their behaviors must be the right ones in front of the students, I think that the teachers must be so dedicated to his work because they need to pass his enthusiasm to get a better environment in the classroom, so they are like a second parent and we see them a lot of time. A teacher play different roles in educational institutes. There are different roles has to be played by the teacher; sometimes teacher as a facilitator, teacher as an instructor, teacher as a friend etc. but there is another role also for a teacher that is teacher as a motivator. Motivation in teaching is an essential process of effective teaching. We have to understand the need of motivation. inspiration and guidance in classroom teaching to make the teaching more effective.
What the needs of motivations in education are?
Motivation is a very strong factor for the educators to educate the people. If the motivation is powerful and strong, the rest of process will be easy and comfortable. Students affect from the different factors. They attracts by different things. If they find anything attractive and useful, they pay a proper attention but if they feel anything useless they get tired and bored. So a proper motivation moves them to grasp the lesson carefully and seriously. Motivation is the driving force which causes us to achieve goals. Motivation is said to be intrinsic or extrinsic. The term is generally used for humans. According to various theories, motivation may be rooted in a basic need to minimize physical pain and maximize pleasure, or it may include specific needs such as eating and resting, or a desired object, goal state of being ideal, or it may be attributed to less-apparent reasons such as altruism, selfishness, or avoiding mortality.  Modern motivation theories deal with the relationship between beliefs, values, and action. According to Wigfield, Gardner – claims that a motivated individual puts forward effort to achieve the goal, is persistent and attentive to the task at hand, enjoys striving through the goal, regards success as positive reinforcement, and makes use of strategies to achieve the goal. Hence, motivation is goal-directed behaviour. The term motivation is rather controversial, and researchers have been confronted with some challenges that have prevented a consensus in motivation research (Dörnyei 2001). Dörnyei also states that despite all the controversies, most researchers agree that motivation “concerns the direction and magnitude of human behavior,” which refers to “the choice of a particular action, the persistence with it, and the effort expended on it”. Motivation is perhaps the major characteristic that is required in order to achieve anything in life; in its absence failure will follow the first sign of adversity. Its presence will inspire, instigate and encourage the subject to do his best. In a school or college we see that the students like the specific teachers, because those teachers always use the interesting presentation and sometimes he maintains the pleasant personality. So we can understand the role of motivation in educating in our schools. In modern age we are using different smart and active teaching learning methodologies.
Several researchers have been searching innovative ideas in education. So we need to apply different motivational skills in classrooms.In a traditional school, a teacher uses different motivational skills to motivate the students to learn and towards the different good habits depending upon the student’s age and level. What are the creative motivational skills in a traditional school or an institution? There are a lot of innovative and creative ideas to apply. Inspirational songs, visiting activities (Learning by visiting, learning outside the school and visiting inside the school), educational excursions, co-curricular activities, nice thoughts children fair (Bal Mela) and so many. The proper and creative use of these activities makes a proper, interesting and energetic environment. In general, there are still many one-way system of learning between teacher and students, called “Teacher centered learning” (TCL). Learning systems such as this can break the liveliness and students creativity in the classroom. A teacher should involve students in learning activities in class, either in the form of presentations, question and answer, discussion, or other activities. Teachers gives motivation and spirit to their students that can build the confidence from the students. A teacher as did not give a punishment if their student made a mistake in answering or doing exercise. But the teacher will continue to support and motivate students to repair the mistake. Teachers must be able to build the character their students through a variety of activities that can enhance student creativity in building self-motivation in students.
Teachers should always be constructive to adopt innovative new methods to motivate students to learn the children by placing their students as a centre of learning, meaning the extent to which the material presented is not depends on the teachers and the curriculum but it depends on the students. Teachers not only as a student assistant in the classroom, but also acts as a friend who can provide inspiration to their students. Here, teachers have an important role in building strong character in their students as a teacher trying to construct Therefore students thought the teacher should be an inspiration which can be an inspiration for the others. Based on Student Centered Learning, the teachers should be as a facilitator, motivator, and inspiration for students that can construct student’s creativity and their understanding. Apart from all these basic roles, the teacher being a mentor for the students should inculcate basic qualities in the students, so that they become better citizen and contribute for the society as well as for the nation in a more effective and constructive manner.
(The author is Sr. Asstt. Professor GCET, Jammu)

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