DC: If students perceive the topics/class that you are teaching as *irrelevant*, you can talk about motivation and plans to motivate your students all that you want to. But I doubt it will help much.
— Daniel Christian (he/him/his) (@dchristian5) December 15, 2022
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From DSC:
Unless students see how the topics that you are introducing are relevant to *their futures*, it just develops a mindset of “how do I play the game/system?” and “what’s the least I can do to get an A?”
On a somewhat-related tangent:
- Student Disengagement Has Soared Since the Pandemic. Here’s What Lectures Look Like Now — from edsurge.com by Jeffrey R. Young