PGCE Secondary Mathematics: Assignment 1 – The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics Part 1: The Nature and Place of Mathematics in the School Curriculum When I studied maths at secondary school I had no real understanding of its importance in our society, I enjoyed the satisfaction of solving problems but, like many young people, believed that maths was going to be unnecessary in the real world. As an adult it became abundantly clear to me that mathematics was a vital component in not just personal
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Leadership, I believe, is the crux of any organisation. Leaders provide the direction and set the standards. In general, most people do not embrace change. With change comes uncertainty and fear of the unknown. Motivation-what is it? “The willingness to exert high levels of effort to reach goals”. Everyone needs to be motivated, regardless of their positon. Poorly motivated staff transcends into an underperforming department. The three main leadership styles are Autocratic, Democratic and Laissez-Faire
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Motivation Definition of Motivation It is the process that account for an individual’s intensity, direction and persistence of effort to ward attaining a goal. Key elements for motivation Direction: is the orientation that benefits the organization i.e. the direction of the behavior is functional to the organization and helps to achieve its goals. Intensity: concerned with how hard a person tries Persistence: is a measure of how long a person can maintain his/her effort. Motivated individuals
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to the needs of the employees. Maslow's hierarchy of needs speaks of the five (5) major needs of people as physiological, safety, social, esteem and self-actualization. Of the five (5) specified, the esteem need most applied to the issue of minimum wages. Esteem needs in terms of independence, achievement, mastery, status, dominance, prestige, self-respect and respect for others (McLeod, 2007-2014). Use positive reinforcement Always tell you employees what exactly they need to do. Be very explicit
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Contents Introduction & Goal statement 3 Self Assessment & Pride list 3 Resources 4 Motivation 4 Environment 4 Self Education 5 Action Plan 5 Conclusion 6 References 7 Websites 7 Videos 7 My Personal Development Plan Introduction & Goal statement “Who fails to plan, planning to fail” (Winston Churchill) We live in a rapidly changing world which makes it really difficult to set long term goals. Development plan for four years is a huge deal you never know what
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100055687 Submission Date: 06/ 11/ 2013 Student Number: 100055687 Motivating People at Work Motivation is defined as what promote behaviors, which are goal-oriented. Motivation causes people to act. When people do something, they are usually motivated to do it. This essay will conduct a questionnaire and interpret the results of the questionnaire against two motivation theories (i.e. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Adams equity theory (Maslow, 1943; Adams, 1965)).Equity theory believes
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defined, motivation is the desire to complete an action. Whether it is due to a physiological, behavioral, cognitive or social need, that desire to achieve a certain goal is present. The way one is motivated plays a part in how successful he/she will be in completing the set goal. With regards to the learning and work environment, the use of effective motivational components will be beneficial to all when it comes to completing necessary tasks. Throughout the years, many theories of motivation have been
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11/14/13 Self-evaluation questionnaire - Am I the entrepreneur type? Français SELF-EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE Results How to interpret your results? Your results are displayed with blue horizontal bands. A red vertical band shows the mean score of entrepreneurs. If the horizontal range of your results does not exceed the vertical range, it means that your results for this dimension are below the average obtained by entrepreneurs. If the horizontal range exceeds the vertical range, your
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Motivation Concepts Analysis Anna Parks PSY/320 4-29-14 Kelly Louis Motivation Concepts Analysis Employee motivation has always been a central problem for leaders and managers. Unmotivated employees are likely to spend little or no effort in their jobs, avoid the workplace as much as possible, exit the organization if given the opportunity and produce low quality work. On the other hand, employees who feel motivated to work are likely to be persistent, creative and productive, turning out
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THEORY OF MOTIVATION Student name University Course Tutor Date HUMANISTIC THEORY OF MOTIVATION The humanistic theory of motivation is the most convincing. Abraham Maslow suggested that humans get motivated by a conscious desire to grow. The ability of humans being to want to change from one level to another whether social or economic acts as an impetus for one to do things that would help in achieving set goals. The nature of humans is that they can achieve self-actualization. Self-actualization
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