Thursday, October 11, 2012

Chapter 3



I had a hard time with this chapter trying to sort through all the different motivations.  I understood the reference to Motivation 2.0 since it was explained in the last chapter.   This reminded me of my observation, where the punishment was to the whole class rather than just the students misbehaving.  As a student who followed the rules and played “school” well, I disliked being punished for other students’ behavior and felt that this punishment didn’t do anything to motivate me but rather made me lose respect for the teacher.
Laura mentioned her concern with how to properly use rewards, which is also something I do worry about myself.  The main question Laura posed was how to use motivations that aren’t in the classroom, for example using sports as a motivation.  Looking back to my high school years I was motivated by my parents, I didn’t want to get into trouble for bad grades but in today’s society that isn’t the case.  This question is something that I too wonder about.

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