Activating the Desire to Learn

Wouldn't your job be easier if students were just more interested in learning? Now, here's a book that will open your eyes to where the desire to learn actually comes from and what teachers can really do to activate it. Using stories from classroom teachers, counselors, administrators, and students, Bob Sullo explains why the desire to learn is based on five personal needs. Find out why schools that base programs and practices on meeting these personal needs have fewer disruptions and more students who are improving academically. And explore the principles and guidelines you need to know to change the dynamics of learning in your classroom or school:

1.  A comprehensive overview of the research on internal motivation
2. Strategies for activating internal motivation at the elementary, middle, and high school levels
3. Suggestions on how to assess degrees of student motivation
4. Guidelines for integrating the principles of internal motivation with standards-based instruction

About the Author:

An educator for nearly forty years, Bob Sullo has been an English teacher, adjustment counselor, school psychologist, and middle school administrator. Over the course of his career, he has worked with both regular education and special education students from pre-K through graduation in elementary, middle, and high school. A senior faculty member of William Glasser International, Bob now conducts staff development on a full-time basis and has provided workshops to educators and parents in the United States, Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. His sessions highlight internal control, internal motivation, personal responsibility, and the importance of inspiring students to be academically productive in a joyful environment.
In addition to The Inspiring Teacher: Making A Positive Difference In Students’ Lives, Bob is the author of Teach Them To Be Happy (New View Publications, 1993), Inspiring Quality in Your School (NEA Professional Library, 1997), Activating the Desire to Learn (ASCD, 2007), Managing to Inspire: Bringing Out the Best in Those You Supervise (iUniverse, 2007), and The Motivated Student (ASCD, 2009). 

Bob and his wife live in Sandwich, Massachusetts.