So under what circumstances does a child actively learn and love learning?
听到过很多家长说类似的话：“求学求学，现在不是孩子求学，是我求着孩子学！”确实，现在很多孩子不爱学习、不想学习，家长用尽浑身解数求着孩子学习。明明学习是孩子自己的事情，可到最后他却满腹委屈，甚至觉得会埋怨父母。
I've heard many parents say something similar: "Talking about study, now it's not my children who want to school, but I beg my children to learn!" Indeed, many children don't like or want to study now, and parents try their best to beg their children to learn. Clearly, learning is the child's own business, but in the end, he is full of grievances and even feels that he will blame his parents.
从孩子的视角出发，他们认为是父母“要我学”，而不是“我要学”。他们的学习完全是被动而不是主动的，这就是孩子缺乏学习内驱力的典型表现。
From the perspective of children, they think that parents "want me to learn", not "I will learn". Their learning is completely passive rather than active, which is typical manifestation of the lack of learning motivation.
要想转变孩子对学习的态度，我们首先应该明确，如果没有唤醒孩子的内驱力，就算做得再多都是越俎代庖。那如何唤醒孩子的内驱力？如何给予孩子发展内驱力的沃土？下面上海美达菲德育校长对于学生学习动力不足原因进行了详细分析，并给出了解决方法，家长一定要读完哦~
If we want to change children's attitude towards learning, we should first make it clear that if we do not awaken children's internal motivation, no matter how much we do, we will OVERreach them. So how do you awaken your child's inner motivation ? How to give children fertile ground to develop drive? The following is a detailed analysis of the reasons for students' lack of motivation to learn by the principal of Shanghai Meidefai Moral Education, and gives the solution. Parents please make sure to read all of them.
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“并非不想学，而是看不到希望”
根源：不了解自身潜能优势
此类同学看不到自己有多大希望，表面在学，心中却在放弃的边缘。根源在于对自己能力的评价往往不够客观，仅仅因为一两次的失败就全盘否定自己的能力，在逆境中的抗挫折能力低，有些人甚至对自己绝望。这类同学需要全面充分的了解自己的潜能优势。
Such students can't see how much hope they have. They are learning on the surface, but they are on the verge of giving up in their hearts. The root cause is that the evaluation of their own ability is often not objective enough. just because of one or two failures, one totally denies one's ability, and the ability to resist setbacks in adversity is low. Some people even despair of themselves. This kind of students need to understand their potential advantages fully.
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“并非不想学，而是不知道为何而学”
根源：目标不明确
此类同学不知道学习的真正目的是什么，多数是为父母、为老师、为考上好大学而学，对自己未来的发展没有清晰思路和方向，只是随波逐流。因此，这类同学需要明确目标，需要别人帮助其专业定位，给他看得见的未来，才能重新唤起学习动力！
These students do not know what the real purpose of learning is. most of them study for their parents, teachers, and being admitted to a good university. Without a clear idea and direction for their future development, they just go with the flow. Therefore, this kind of students need to have a clear goal, need others to help them to locate their professional orientation, and give them a visible future, so as to arouse their learning motivation again!
为了让学生正确选择适合自己的专业和升学方向，上海美达菲学校为学生安排了详细、周密的1对1升学规划服务，自学生入学第一天开始，就有老师为他们建立个人档案，给学生制定最符合他们兴趣和发展需求的个性化升学方案。
In order to enable the students to choose to suit their own professional and entrance direction correctly, Shanghai MacDuffie schools has arranged the detailed and thorough 1 to 1 student planning services since the first day of students' enrollment. There are teachers establishing their personal files, working out personalized further study programs for students that best meet their interests and development needs.
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“并非不想学，而是不会学”
根源：学习技能低
此类同学的学习技能发展滞后，学习方法不得当，学习任务经常完不成，容易陷入书山题海，产生知识漏洞。
Such students lag in the learning skills, their learning methods are inappropriate, their learning tasks often cannot be completed, and they are easy to fall into a mountain of questions, resulting in knowledge loopholes.
这类同学急需提升：学业目标管理能力、时间管理能力、课堂学习效率、各学科学习技巧等学习技能。
These students need to improve their learning skills, such as academic goal management ability, time management ability, classroom learning efficiency, and learning skills in various subjects.
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“并非不想学，而是学不会”
根源：认知能力低
此类同学尽管在学习上付出很多努力，但收获甚微，还会严重影响其学习积极性，并且这类问题不容易被发现，无论是学生自己，还是教师。
Although such students put a lot of effort in learning, butthey gain little , which will affect their learning enthusiasm seriously. Moreover, this kind of problem is not easy to be found, whether it is the students themselves or the teachers.
这类同学需要进一步提升：与学习有关的基础认知能力，如记忆能力、思维转换能力、逻辑推理能力等。
Such students need to further improve their basic cognitive abilities related to learning, such as memory ability, thinking conversion ability, logical reasoning ability and so on.
这些同学容易受周围环境、人际交往等因素影响，从而无法安心学习。比如常见的考试焦虑、失眠、注意力不集中、坚持性差、厌学等。
Such students are easy to be affected by the surrounding environment, interpersonal communication and other factors, so that they cannot study with peace of mind. For example, common test anxiety, insomnia, inattention, poor persistence, weariness, etc.
那么，如何才能激发学生学习的内在动力呢？我们认为可以从这几个方面进行一些尝试。
So, how can we stimulate students' inner motivation to learn? I think we can make some attempts from these aspects.
有些家长、老师喜欢对比，常常会说“你看谁谁成绩多好”、“人家学得多快，你呢？”、“看看人家多聪明，一点就会”... ....这些话语，在孩子听来，我天生就比别人笨，这样孩子慢慢就形成“我比别人笨”的心理定势，甚至产生抵触情绪。
Some parents, teachers like comparison, and they often say"you see who gets scores better", How fast others learn, how about you?" "Look at how smart they are, they can do it with a little guidance " ... These words, in the child ears,” I was born more stupid than others”, so that children gradually formed the psychological stereotype of "I am stupid than others", and even generated resistance.
切记不要攀比与横向对比，要以孩子的实际情况为基础。孩子现在能跳1.2米，那1.3米就是比较合适的目标，千万不要因为别的学生都能跳1.5米了，就要求他（她）一定也要跳那么高。可以尝试纵向比，指定合适的发展预期目标，每天前进一小步，成就感就会多，自信和潜力也就被激发出来了。
Remember not to Compare, but to base on the actual situation of children. To the child who can jump 1.2 meters now, 1.3 meters is a appropriate target. Do not ask him (her) to jump so high because other students can jump 1.5 meters. You can try the vertical ratio, specify the appropriate expected development goals, encourage him (her) to take a small step forward every day, him (her) will have more sense of accomplishment, then his or her self-confidence and potential will be stimulated.
家长和老师要善于发现学生的特点和长处。人有差异性，要承认差异，要了解学生是什么方面更有潜力，更有优势。不要只是为了面子逼着学生读书，在压力下读书是做不好的。
Parents and teachers should be good at finding students' characteristics and strengths. People are different,so we should recognize their differences, and understand on which parts students have more potential, more advantages. Don't force students to study just for the sake of face. It is not good to study under pressure.
为了让学生充分发挥自己的优势，我们学校非常注重对优秀学生的个性化培养，专门成立了牛剑班、AP精英班、美国直升班三个特色班级，对于那些想要考取世界名校的学生，采取了更加灵活的教学手段和方法，利用小班化、VIP教学，充分保证学生发挥他们的学科优势、挖掘他们的潜力，最终考取自己心中的理想大学。
In order to make students give full play to their advantages, our school attaches great importance to the individualized cultivation of outstanding students, and has specially set up three characteristic classes, namely, Ox- Camb Class, AP Elite Class and American Direct promotion class. For students who want to be admitted to the world famous universities, we have adopted more flexible teaching means and methods, making use of small classes and VIP classes to fully ensure that students give full play to their academic advantages and tap their potential, and get into their ideal universities finally.
到底什么样的学生是好学生？是不是只有100分的是好学生？
如果学生为人很好，动手能力很强，常爱提问题，那也是好学生。要寻找、激发学生的优势项目，在这方面多鼓励学生。
What kind of students are good students? Are those with only 100 points good students?
If a student is nice, has strong hands-on ability and always asks questions, he or she is also a good student. We should find and stimulate students' advantageous projects, and encourage students in this respect.
我们要想明白，你是要培养一个装知识的“箱子”，还是要培养一个完整的人？或者说，你希望学生是知识型的还是智慧型的？
We have to figure out, are you going to cultivate a box containing knowledge, or a perfect person? Or do you want students to be knowledge-based or intelligent?
如果是要培养智慧型的学生，就少一些灌输，鼓励学生多问几个为什么，对学生的问题千万不要回避，甚至学生不问，你还要启发他问。
If you want to cultivate intelligent students, you should instill less, encourage students to ask more questions about why, and never shy away from students' questions. Even if students don't ask, you should inspire them to ask.
我个人觉得，家长和老师要在培养孩子自信自强这方面要有意识地作为。
Personally, I think parents and teachers should make conscious efforts to cultivate children to be confident and self-reliant.
莫言为什么会喜欢写作？他自己回忆说，就因为小学三年级的语文老师很喜欢他，把他的文章当做范文在全班学生面前读。从那之后他的自信心越来越足，走上了作家之路。
Why does Mo Yan like writing? He recalled that because the Chinese teacher in grade three liked him very much, he read his article as a model essay in front of the whole class. Since then, his self-confidence has grown stronger and stronger, and he has embarked on the road of being a writer.
其实我们很多人都有过类似的经历。这给我们一个启示：学生要鼓励，要给他成功的体验，培养孩子的成就感。有成就感才会有兴趣。
Many of us have had similar experiences. This gives us a revelation: students should be encouraged to have successful experience, so that children's sense of accomplishment will be cultivated. You will be interested only if you have a sense of accomplishment.
家长方面，培养孩子的自信心还有一点可以做，就是让孩子做家务，自己的事情自己做。
As for parents, there is another thing that can be done to cultivate children's self-confidence, that is, let children do housework and do their own things.
对学生来说，只有鼓励是不够的。在孩子遇到困难时，如果家长或老师只是在旁边说“我相信你”“你一定可以的”也意义不大，要帮助孩子解决一些具体的问题。
Encouragement alone is not enough for students. When the child is in trouble, if the parents or teachers just say "I believe you" and "you must be able to", which doesn't mean much to help the child solve some specific problems. We need help the child solve some specific problems.
可以用“限题计时”提高效率，譬如每做对5题的时间记录比较，或者“限时计数”的办法，给他10分钟看他做对几道题。这方法同样适用于抄写词汇等作业。
You can improve the efficiency by "timed questions", for example, record the time of every five questions doing correctly, or by "timed counting" by giving him 10 minutes to see how many questions he does correctly. This methods are also suitable for copying vocabulary and other homework.
这样把一个比较困难的大任务分解成若干个小任务，化难为易、化繁为简，是帮助孩子克服畏难情绪，体验成功、提升自信心和兴趣的有效方法。
It is an effective way to help children overcome their fear of difficulties, experience success, and enhance their self-confidence and interest by breaking down such a difficult task into several small tasks, making it easy and simple.
一个人的成长需要三条途径：自我学习，同伴合作，专家引领。自我学习和同伴合作刚才已经谈到了，“专家引领”的这个“专家”对孩子来说，包括家长和教师。
A person's growth needs three ways: self-study, peer cooperation and expert guidance. Self-learning and peer cooperation have just been talked about. This "expert" in “led by an expert” , for children, includes parents and teachers.
最好在孩子学习时，家长不是跑去看电视、打麻将、跳舞，也不是站在门口看孩子是否在写作业，而是坐在孩子身边一起看书学习。
It is better when the child is studying, parents do not go to watch TV, play mahjong, dance, nor stand at the door to see if the child is doing homework, but sit beside the child to read and study together.
现在流行一句话：一流的家长做榜样，二流的家长做教练，三流的家长做保姆。
Now there is a popular saying: First-rate parents should be role models, second-rate parents should be coaches and third-rate parents should be nannies.
研究发现学生当中凡是发展的比较全面的，有自己想法的，都是家庭比较民主平等的，家长和孩子是讨论式的、启发式的，不是灌输式的、压制式的。家长有什么事情会和孩子讨论，家长是作为孩子良师益友，陪伴孩子一起成长。这样的家庭氛围起到的作用是潜移默化的。同样上海美达菲老师，在日常教育教学中与学生一起互动互助，充分尊重学生天性，真正做到教学相长，尊重学生的个性差异，以良好的道德示范做学生健康成长的指导者和引路人。
The study found that students who are well-developed and have their own ideas,live in more democratic and equal family. Parents and children are discussion, heuristic, not indoctrination and repression. Parents will discuss things with their children. Parents are good teachers and friends of their children, and they will accompany their children to grow up together. This kind of family atmosphere plays a subtle role. In the same way, Shanghai MacDuffy teachers interact with students and help each other in daily education and teaching, fully respect students' nature, learns from each other in teaching, respects students' individual differences, and act as a guide and guide for students' healthy growth with good moral demonstration.
