Autonomy for our Students

Autonomy is the ability to be self-governing, to have independence and the ability to make your own decisions.  A few weeks back, I wrote a post called Happy Teachers, Happy Kids.  In it, I made the case that when we have happy teachers, we can have happy students and part of that formula is to [...]

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Reward Not!

I’ve been reading Drive by Daniel Pink and it is amazing.  (I’ll be posting more about this book later this week.)  At the same time, I’m receiving a variety of catalogs in the mail in anticipation for back to school.  On the one hand I am learning about intrinsic motivation: the idea that we have [...]

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Happy Teachers, Happy Kids

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The title says it all here.  The question then becomes, “How do you make teachers happy?” Happy Teachers are Driven Teachers I would like to take some time to refer to Daniel Pink, a motivational speaker in the business world.  He is an author, consultant and speaker who speaks mostly of business related issues, but [...]

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