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Tackling the Motivation Crisis with Mike Anderson
Veteran educator and consultant Mike Anderson joins the podcast this week to discuss his ninth book, Tackling the Motivation Crisis: How to Activate Student Learning Without Behavior Charts, Pizza Parties, and Other Hard-to-Quit Incentive Systems.
Mike and Ross discuss:
Evidence of the motivation crisis in schools — but why it also may not be as bad as it seems
What’s wrong with incentives?
Why incentive systems are so hard to quit
The six key intrinsic motivators and how educators can use them to get students engaged
“We need to make sure students’ academic work is compelling and interesting…
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