Marianne Davies (2019) “Motivation Part 3. Why motivation changes how we learn”

Academic Research from Marianne Davies
Academic Research

Academic Research from Marianne Davies

In part one we looked at how to create learning environments that lead to more selfmotivated, happy, healthy, individuals! These articles are written primarily to help coaches, coach educators and leaders in adventure and other sports. However, all of the concepts can be applied to you as a learner, participant or parent seeking to improve your skill and motivation, and to feed your passion! In these next two sections, we will explore whether motivationally supportive learning environments can also improve skill acquisition, or do we need to choose between them? Be happy and motivated, or be skilful? Most of you will be familiar with the term learnercentred coaching, but what does it mean, and why is it important?