Elementary teachers and special educators must understand the relationships between classroom climate, motivation, and engagement to support an active and collaborative learning environment. Understanding these relationships allows teachers to create and use motivational strategies/techniques that benefit all students and promote successful students and upstanding citizens both inside and outside of the classroom.
Use grade band K-3, or 4-6 and create a graphic organizer for educators including strategies that would foster student active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the inclusive classroom.
Include three of the following disabilities in your graphic organizer. Research one extrinsic and one intrinsic motivational strategy/technique for each of the three disabilities selected that would increase student engagement.
Specific learning disability
Other Health Impairment such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Autism, Asperger’s or Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS)
Speech and language impairment
Developmental delay
Hearing/Visual impairment
Physical (hearing, visual, or orthopedic)
Additionally, reflect in 250-500 words, on how the strategies in your graphic organizer support the relationship between motivation and engagement in the classroom. Based on the disabilities you included in your graphic organizer, what classroom expectations may affect motivation and engagement for these students? Provide examples.
Support your strategies with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
Possible resources below and 2 more attached:
https://www.verywellfamily.com/helping-your-child-with-motivation-2162569
https://www.council-for-learning-disabilities.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Weiser_Motivation.pdf