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Self-esteem and motivation are important traits in every student’s life. Oftentimes they develop these traits by nature, but as a teacher is in your duty to keep them avid for knowledge. As you’ve probably seen, confident learners tend to speak more and know how to get their point across, while those who question their abilities often tend to shy away from situations. 

Using creative teaching strategies, confidence and motivation can be taught. Certainly, this will require time and patience but, seeing your students thriving, can be one of the most enjoyable experiences as a teacher. Remember that as a teacher you may have a powerful influence on your students, and you can motivate and help them feel confident and proud of their accomplishments no matter what.  

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  1. Make Them Active Participants in Learning

One of the best strategies any good teacher should know is that every student of yours must be an active participant in learning. But to do that a teacher must emphasise learning and mastery rather than grades. As you know, students learn by making, creating, doing, writing and solving. Therefore, maintaining an active lesson is essential for your student’s motivation. What you can do as a teacher is to encourage them to suggest an even find new approaches towards a problem. Oftentimes, being actively involved in a subject helps them remember faster and makes the process more enjoyable.

2. Hold High and Realistic Expectations

When planning the next exam subjects, you must ensure that everyone is programmed to succeed. Undoubtedly, exams and assignments still must be challenging, but they should offer students a fair chance for success. To make sure everything goes as planned, you should get to know your students’ strengths and weaknesses.

One way to measure your student’s abilities and what motivates them is to ask them. Take your time and investigate what motivated them about a certain subject. Addressing them direct questions will make easier to appeal to their curiosity and interests. In order to build self-esteem and motivation, must first build a friendly climate of trust and understanding.

3. Be Enthusiastic About Your Subject

Every teacher knows that enthusiasm is essential when it comes to students’ motivation. Oftentimes, students lose their interested if they feel you’re not that into a subject. If you choose to become an indifferent and bored teacher, your students will clearly lose interest in your subject. But with so many resources within your reach, it would be a shame not to make use them and make your lessons more enjoyable and interesting.

Typically, a teacher enthusiasm comes from the enjoyment of the content, and pure delight when it comes to teaching. If you know yourself to be seriously uninterested about a certain subject, make a short review of your memories and find what motivated you to become a teacher. To be an example for students, a teacher must show appreciation and delight for his subject. A great solution to demonstrate you care about your subject would be to offer them homework help and effective feedback whenever it’s necessary.

Thus, you can encourage your students to show appreciation and enjoyment through your own conduct and creative activities. Moreover, when they know that you have a sincere interest in what you’re able to do to obtain their attention and captivate interest, your students will be more willing to gain yours. Also, when in doubts, you may ask them what means an exemplar teacher from their perspective.

4. Use Creative Teaching Methods.

Using more creative methods in order to meet students’ expectation may give the best results. A good teacher must know how to make use of every resource he has within his reach to make the learning process an enjoyable experience. Your student must see the connection between what they’ve learned and their own lives. You’ve probably heard it millions of times,” When are we going to use this?” and you couldn’t find the right way to demonstrate them. But now thanks to an amazing wave of information, smart technology and social media, you’re able to show them immediate examples in just a few seconds.

Technological developments have changed completely the education system. Technology has become an important tool for teaching, bringing benefits for both tutors and students. Moreover, incorporating technology in your classroom is an amazing way to encourage your students. Moreover, using various devices you can display videos and images, which can encourage you students visualize new academic concepts. From mobile devices, such as tablets or iPads, you can record results, assignments and take videos/photos.

5. Make from Their Needs A Priority

Maintaining your student motivation should not be a headache. A good teacher must know how to use their natural curiosity and interest to boost motivation and self-esteem. Oftentimes students give good results when a lesson is structured on their needs. Therefore, capitalizing their need is the best thing you can do as a teacher. One of the most common needs you student will bring in the classroom is the need of learning something in order to be ready to complete a certain task. A good teacher must know that whenever a student encounters difficulty in a subject, is in his dusty as a teacher to declutter the student’s mind.

Being a better teacher isn’t always something innate. These results usually come in time after a teacher has gathered important experience and knowledge about what students need the most. Simply put, a good teacher must be delighted by its own subject and pose as an example for those young minds avid for knowledge.

To boost your student’s motivation and self-esteem you must understand their need to seek new experiences, the need be more competent and the need for perfect skill. Getting to know your students will offer you valuable insights on what teaching methods you can use to boost their self-determination and autonomy. Keep in mind that in order to succeed you must challenge them using creative teaching methods and maintain effective feedback.