We have recently developed a framework for tenacity - Book Developing Tenacity: Teaching learners how to persevere in t...
But I am increasingly struck as I observe learners (including one of my children) how powerful the force of interest in a topic or activity can be and how it can produce tenacious behaviours and call on skills of persistence and resilience which are absent when the learner is required to learn something in which there is little instinctive interest?
I'd love to hear your thoughts and read anything on the topic.
Thanks
Bill
Prof Bill Lucas
Bill, being motivated to learn something new on a personal level (i.e. the learner's) does trigger a certain disposition not only to learn but also to try and do well. It is also important that the learner is interested in and motivated by the tutor delivering the material and that the environment is conducive and motivating enough to learn. Interesting stuff...