In The Will to Learn: How to Cultivate Student Motivation Without Losing Your Own, I lay out an approach to student motivation in which Five Key Beliefs can be influenced using just 10 basic strategies.
The fourth of those strategies is Mini-Sermons from an Apologist Winsome and Sure.
- A mini-sermon is a brief (30- to 60-second) speech in which the teacher “makes the case” for the Value of the course, the work, the learning.
- An apologist is someone who makes the case for something controversial. In our case, we are making the case for the idea that learning in our class is valuable. Apologists use all kinds of angles to make their case (see Rainbow of Why below).
- “Winsome”…
- “Sure”…
Most important thinking tool for creating strong mini-sermons
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