Should teachers take responsibility for students' lack of motivation in studies?

Answer 1

My classroom is a two-way street. It's my responsibility to teach. It's my students' responsibility to learn. If a student struggles in my class, it's my job to avail myself for extra help, but if a student doesn't show up to accept it, is that my fault or the student's?

If a student shows a lack of motivation, part of my job is to show the importance of learning my lesson material, to alter my teaching techniques, to contact the student's parents or counselor to see if there's something affecting his/her studies, to help set up tutoring or study groups. If I do everything I can do to help and a student still "just doesn't get" why he/she needs to work harder, I don't feel a scrap of guilt in the least. I do my job. My students need to do theirs, too.

Answer 2

NO. The Teacher's job is to create an environment where learning can take place. A Teacher's job is to create an intellectual curiosity in a student to want to know more about a subject. The student's motivation has to be internal. It is not the Teacher's job to GIVE a student an education, It is the Student's job to GET an education.

That education begins when the student observes life around themselves. There are thousands of people who never thought they'd be in the jobs they have. But because they slacked off in school, either through disinterest, lack of intelligence, or highly intelligent but bored due to the teacher having to present the information at the pace to be understood by the slowest person in the class, these are the only jobs they qualify for.

Answer 3

Yes, they should take some responsibility. It may not be their job to make sure the student goes home and does his studies, but, it is their responsibility to motivate the students. A good teacher makes rules, upholds them, and inspires their students to want to do good, or learn more about that particular subject. If you have a lack teacher who portrays a lack of interest in what they are teaching, they will get that in return from their students.

Answer 4

I think the teacher, the parent, and the student should share the responsibility of keeping the student motivated.

Answer 5

I always think of Plato's Cave when people ask me this question. The people are slow to come out of the cave because the light hurts their eyes because it is the first time they've seen it. Education is painful. It is going against many common sense things that we have thought for a good portion of our lives. Some kids don't try because it is difficult.

Education is not all fun and games, it is challenging and difficult. A teacher's job is to try and to facillitate the learning but you can't force it on them. There has to be an equal partnership. So yes, some of the responsibility belongs to the teacher but most of it belongs with the student.

Answer 6

I am a teacher, and I always do my best to find material that I think will be interesting for my students to motivate them. However, if the student decided my subject sucks and he just wants to go out and party with his friends instead of doing the work, there's not much more I can do. We all share the blame, I guess. Boring teahcers will demotivate good students as easily, but good teachers cannot expect to svae all his/her students. We are just humans, after all.

Answer 7

I don't think they bear the entire responsibility. Learning is not entertainment, teachers should not be required to try to entertain their kids to get them to learn. Of course, it is a plus if the teacher can make the material interesting and fun, or approach the subject in an interesting way.

I believe the parents have a bigger responsibility - they should push the kids to learn whether regardless of what the teacher is like.

After all, when we get jobs we often have to do stuff we don't like. The kids might as well learn that early.

Answer 8

Learning starts at home. A lot of parents think the role of Teacher includes parent and babysitter. Parents need to take responsibility for their own children and how they do in school. If the parent doesn't care about their child's education, what makes you think the child will? Stop blaming the teachers for everything and start acting like a parent again.

Answer 9

Sometimes. A teacher should always do his best to motivate the class and get them to engage in the subject. But there are other influences which can reduce a students motivation, such as depression.

Answer 10

yes, very much, when the student has completed what he has to do.