Just start. Start Late. Start Over. Start Scared. Start Again. Just Start. is a raw and empowering motivational video created ...

Basic principles of motivation exist that are applicable to learning in any education situation. 1. The environment can be used to focus the student’s attention on what needs to be learned. Teachers ...

Engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, or interest that a student shows when they are learning something new. Engagement can be fostered by different types of motivation—external and ...

Teachers who create warm and accepting yet business-like atmospheres will promote persistent effort and favorable attitudes toward learning. This strategy will be successful in children and in adults.

Two people can engage in similar behavior for markedly different reasons. One child may drink her juice for the reward of its taste and the slaking of thirst; another may drink her juice to get the ...

Having been a high school ag teacher and FFA advisor for 11 years, I appreciate education. The desire to learn is important — especially if it is something that directly affects my life. For me, the ...

SDSU President Barry H. Dunn was named the recipient of the Mayor’s Most Inspirational Leadership Award for 2025.

Culture shock comes to the classroom in Doha, Qatar, where it’s not enough to teach students that education can lead to a better life. I often use this picture of my parents in pajamas, of one early ...

Education writing is famous for its alphabet soup of acronyms and obscure terms, but it could just as well be faulted for trafficking buzzwords in search of clear definitions. Ideas like grit, ...