Expected, Inspected, & Respected.
"We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience."
-John Dewey |
"We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience."
-John Dewey |
![]() I remember reading Alfie Kohn's Punished by Rewards: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason back in 2012 when my daughter was 2 years old. It taught me not to "good job" kids anymore because it can turn them into praise junkies, deprive them of pleasure in a task, cause them to lose interest in an activity, and ultimately reduce achievement. (Click here for more details from Kohn himself). ![]() More recently, I've been reading Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink where he comes down fairly hard on rewards as well. The only time when rewards are effective and appropriate are for simple straight ahead tasks or busy work. As soon as a task requires any kind of creativity, rewards hamper progress and slow things down, turning interesting tasks into drudgery and play into work. The problem is that it's so tempting to use carrots and sticks in the classroom because it seems to be so effective. I've seen it firsthand as an EA. However, all evidence points to this benefit being short lived and ending up having the opposite effect from the one you want. If you don't want the hedonic treadmill to get started up, don't get on it in the first place. I intend not to.
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