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 [...]
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 [...]
Happy Teachers, Happy Kids
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 his message [...]
