Awakening intrinsic motivation in young people is the most important key to securing them a meaningful and successful life. No matter how much we know about how to learn, no lasting learning is likely to take place unless we want to learn; unless we are convinced of the reasons and have the confidence and resilience to achieve our goals.

Motivating the Teenage Mind is a unique, comprehensive, practical, activity-based motivational programme for secondary students. It will give every student an opportunity to recognise their strengths, awaken their aspirations and become aware of the reasons for learning, and show them how to confidently create a vision for their future lives.

The programme provides educators with seven key aspects of motivation: making and giving choices; awakening curiosity and interest; nurturing dreams and setting goals; making learning relevant; raising confidence; strengthening resilience; and rewarding achievement. Aimed primarily at 11-16 year old secondary pupils, this resource is also suitable for 16-18 year old college students.

About the Author
For over 40 years Dr Eva Hoffman's life has revolved around teaching and learning: doing it, talking about it, writing about it and living it. In her long teaching career she has worked with children and teenagers in schools, and with university students, as well as teachers, educators, social workers and parents, always passionately promoting mind- heart-friendly approaches to teaching and learning. Eva's work has taken her not only all around the UK but also to Argentina, Holland, Indonesia, Italy, Northern Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and the USA, where she has facilitated countless workshops, run in-service teacher training courses and appeared at numerous conferences as keynote speaker and presenter. Her recent passion is working with teenagers: motivating them and sharing with them some highly effective learning and revising strategies. Eva is author and co-author of 20 practical books on learning, motivating, teaching and parenting.

Reviews

"'Motivating the Teenage Mind' is quite simply the best resource I have ever seen for working with youngsters on motivation and will definitely use it extensively. So many thrilling ideas and imaginative ways in to even the most intransigent and switched off minds it really is a first class resource." - Garry Burnett, Teacher and Author

Book Information
ISBN 9780863889189
Author Eva Hoffman
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Speechmark Publishing Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 816g