Capabilities and Limitations of Applying Chosen Motivational Strategies for Students in Teaching Polish Literature at University Cover Image

Możliwości i ograniczenia stosowania wybranych strategii motywowania studentów w warsztacie pracy polonisty uniwersyteckiego
Capabilities and Limitations of Applying Chosen Motivational Strategies for Students in Teaching Polish Literature at University

Author(s): Karolina Górniak-Prasnal
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Higher Education , Educational Psychology, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: didactics of Polish Literature; motivation; shift from teaching to learning; supportive assessment

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on students motivation regarding the didactics of Polish Literature. The author recognizes possibilities and constraints of chosen motivation strategies, pointing out the specificity of Polish Literature as a field of study and the factors which determine the work with these students. Basing on her own didactic practices, the author proposes a few ideas of raising the level of motivation in the group of students, pursuing the virtuous cycle of learning, and improving their self-esteem. The text refers to different strategies of motivation based on the humanistic and constructivist paradigms and presents the advantages of applying the motivation-centred approach, in which the teacher reinforces the intrinsic motivation of students, respects their individual choices and, generally, make them the subjects of the whole learning process. The topic seems to be especially weighty in the context of return to stationary education after the coronavirus crisis.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 141-154
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish