Students beliefs and attitudes about learning can result in behaviors that affect their learning, writes educator and author Barbara Blackburn. In this article, Blackburn shares three beliefs of students and strategies to help counter the beliefs in a positive way, including the idea that they are a failure unless they get it right on the…

Motivation är avgörande för att nå resultat och kämpa vidare. Den särskilda sortens motivation grit är det många inom skola som vill lära sig att utveckla och förstå sig på. Andreia Balan och Helsingborgs stads skolor har varit med och genomfört en studie där 130 elever i sjunde klass fick lära sig mer om grit genom medveten…

As summer approaches, students’ motivation can wane, but goal setting can help them stay on track.

Maria Wiman är grundskollärare i SO-ämnen och svenska, författare och krönikör i Läraren. Nu har hon skrivit en ny bok - "Handbok i värdeskapande lärande".

Educators benefit from resiliency - as do students - write Sean Slade and Alyssa Gallagher, co-heads of education, North America, for BTS Spark. In this commentary, they share how honing social competence, autonomy and sense of meaning and purpose build resiliency as well as help educators navigate uncertain times.

For students who have internalized a message that they’re destined to fail, promoting realistic optimism can be game-changing.

For many of these students, physical education activities can be difficult. Personalized stories that cast them as their favorite hero may motivate them to persevere.

På Hermodsdalsskolan inspirerar äldre elever de yngre eleverna till att plugga matte. Här får drivna högstadieelever ta över femteklassarnas undervisning – en utmaning som stärker deras självförtroende och skapar positiva matematikförebilder på skolan.

When students get to make decisions about their learning, it can be powerfully motivating.

In a digital society threatened by various disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic, lifelong learning attitudes have become even more crucial in fostering the resilience and adaptation of youngsters., writes Andreas Schleicher, OECD.