WHAT MOTIVATES LEARNING

We all aspire to be the best we can be at the things that are important to us. Our goals invariably involve being with or working with other people. It is in these relationships that the real challenge lies! To get the best from ourselves and others requires insight and insight doesn't just happen, it comes only through deliberate self-reflection... After 15 years of working to help education staff and parents support children toward motivation and wellbeing, my conclusion is that a critical factor is the parent's secure sense of self, being comfortable in their own skin. This builds, and benefits from, the parents capacity to self-reflect. Consequently we have developed this self-reflection tool for parents... 'What motivates learning?' is a question that has as many answers as there are people and situations. The aim of this resource is to support such self reflection with a series of freely available tools.