In class Professor Glassman mentioned extrinsic and intrinsic rewards in the classroom. As potential educators, professionals working with youth, or parents, I think being familiar with motivation techniques is important. I found this small article defining these values and providing examples. It also briefly discussed how they can be good or bad. I think it is really important to get to know your students first individually and as a classroom. Building a relationship and trust with students will help you discover that goals for motivation and developing a system. Some youth may benefit from intrinsic motivation while others may benefit from extrinsic motivation. I think I would use both to motivate my youth to learn because I personally learn better when both are being applied. I think it allows for creativity and exploration of interest while increasing confidence in learning and effort in completing a task.
What kind of system would you create for your youth or your children one day? Are you more intrinsically motivated or extrinsically motivated? Do age matter when applying intrinsic and extrinsic motivation?
I definitely think this is something that teachers need to consider! Although some people say they want kids to love learning because of intrinsic motivation, I think that there are some kids who are never going to have that type of motivation for learning. If you can bribe a student with extra recess, stickers, or tokens so that they do their homework, what is wrong with that?! They are doing their homework!! I think rewards are really helpful for those kids who don't have the passion for learning.
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