Caring About Learning:

The Nature and Nurturing of the Subject-Matter Appreciation

This article discussed whether or not it is important to keep students encouraged when it comes to their goals. The issue that is involved doesn't pertain to a students learning being a difficult task but that learning is something that comes naturally. But to each and every student learning is different. It is important for teachers to realize that it is important to reinforce appreciation with a student who is learning well and to encourage the ones that may struggle.

Learning can become complicated to an individual if they let it become their measurement of worth. The article mentioned that it is important for a teacher to know when a student is taking on this type of mentality. The teacher should then discourage any negative reasons for learning and avoid the unconstructiveness of failure at ones expense. The article also mentions that a teacher should also encourage positive reasons for learning that will help work on their self-improvement and creativity. Once both of these have been met then an appreciation for subject matter could possibly increase. Even though some learning can be driven in this way it is possible that students become successful through a multiple of stressful events that surround them. The article suggests that stress can drive a student to learn more so that their grades can take them away from that possible failure.

Even though there may be many different learning schemes for students it is most effective if the students are given a structured set of clearly defined criteria for them to work from then they have to live up to the quality demanded by the teacher. Another positive way to increase learning from this article is by letting the students redo their work. This reinforces what the students should be doing and they are finally meeting their goals.

The basis of this article was to provide ways for teachers to keep the students interest in the subject matter and to not let the student get involved in letting their grades either define them or diminish their goals.