HomePublicationsOpen Access SeriesWriting about Learning and Teaching in Higher EducationPart 3 Chapter 6: Reflecting on MotivationsDownload Chapter Book MenuWriting about Learning and Teaching in Higher Education SectionsPart 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5Part 6ChaptersChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 13Chapter 14Chapter 15Chapter 16Chapter 17Chapter 18Chapter 19Chapter 20Chapter 21Chapter 22Chapter 23Chapter 24Chapter 25Chapter 26Chapter 27Chapter 28Chapter 29Chapter 30About the Authors Book Resources Book Reviews Download BookOpen access PDFdoi.org/10.36284/celelon.oa3ISBN: 978-1-951414-04-7September 20202.6 MBMetrics: 22463 views | 8680 downloadsISBN: 978-1-951414-05-4September 2020 (Temporarily Unavailable) Chapter 6 explores the nature of motivations. It details how to make required writing joyful and fulfilling, how writing for yourself can clarify questions about learning and teaching, how to find inspiration to contribute to evolving and new conversations about learning and teaching, and how to let dialogue with colleagues increase and help direct your motivation. Discussion Questions How does your motivation relate to your identity or identities as a learning and teaching scholar? If you are writing about learning and teaching only because it is required or expected by your department or institution, how can you make such required activity joyful and fulfilling? What kind of writing is best suited to clarify your own questions about learning and teaching? How might you inspire yourself to contribute insights, approaches, challenges, and recommendations to any given evolving discussion or new dialogue about learning and teaching? In what ways might dialogue with colleagues increase and help direct your motivation? Share: