Reflective Writing # 1 (5th March 2016)

Name: ZARIFAH BINTI ZAKERI Matric no: 820164

1. What are the new things you have learned?
There are many thing I learned during the class season. First,
how the students have the motivations based on their
achievements. From that, as a teacher, we can see from
their efforts, commitment and behavior of students. If their
efforts high, the achievement also high. This is the common
calculation for the normal person. So, as the teachers, we
can see if the students have motivation or not based on the
performance. In addition, I also learn about the case study.
From the case study, we as a teachers cannot give the same
expectations to all students. This is because they are totally
differences from all perspectives. They have differences
motivation.
Besides that, I also learn about the historical of human
motivation. The importance things why we need to learn is
to know who the theorist for the main theories in human
motivation however the theories are not valid to use for now.
There are many theories under the human motivation such
as drive theory, conditioning theory, cognitive theory and
humanistic theory more focus to human motivation.
For example, conditioning theory is change of behavior
be affected by punishment or reward they get from what
they do before and it also called classic conditioning and
operant condition. Based on the situation in the classroom,

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the teacher give a pencil as a reward for student who get the
higher marks in examination. So, from the situation, the
student did not get the higher mark can more trying hard.
This is because a pencil as a motivation to get the higher
marks.

2. How will this benefit you as a practitioner?

Talking about the benefit, because I not to be teacher yet.
So, I cannot apply that theories throughout with classroom
sessions. For me, this is an early preparation to face their
real situation and can adapt which one that theories are
suitable. But, it is very importance to me as a student now.
How I can measure my motivation and also how can improve
my achievement based on what l learned in this course.
Taken this course can give me the right guide to improve my
motivation as well. From that what I learn, I also can know
how the theories proven to improve the motivation when I as
an experimental material in the real situation. In other
words, I can measure myself first before do the same things
in my students soon.
3. What difference does it make to you current practice?
There are some of difference with my current practice but
not the big gap. As a normal person, I always need the
support from family, friend and also environment to get the

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good achievement. The attention from the near people in my

life can be me more motivation to do something in life
especially in study. After learned the human motivation, all
that is needed as a normal person. To be more successful in
the life no matter what, we need the all of that. Besides that,
as a future teacher also, refer the students, we cannot sign
they are stupid or bad. This is because nobody have the
same skills and ability. We cannot judge them by the one bad
things that they show before.