Motivational Teaching: Value and Success-Expectation

Students in different educational settings, for example, private language institutes or mainstream education, present teachers with different motivational challenges. I’ve taught learners in both settings and found that Expectancy-Value theories, the most researched factors in the area of motivation, have helped me generate and maintain motivation in my classrooms.

It might be that these theories have pointers for you in your educational setting. Below you will find a PDF of the article, as published in the BRAZ-TESOL Newsletter, Vol 03.2013: Licensed to Teach or The Effects of Teacher Education and Motivation, pgs 4-6.