Intrinsic Motivation: Getting Behind the Wheel of Your Own Learning
Teachers are always looking for ways to get their students to connect more deeply with the content in the classroom. This is often manifested in […]
Month: September 2019
DRIVE: What Keeps You Going?
Let me ask you a question: Why do you study? Is it for the grades? Is it because your parents promised you the brand new […]
Find Your DRIVE
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who wanted nothing more than to learn how to play the piano. One day the little […]
What Drives You?
Think about certain challenges that you’ve been faced with during your lifetime. What has been your key motivators that pushed you to complete these challenges? […]
Why people say “Internal Drive”
In my mind the word “Drive” is always correlated with motion in a positive direction. Cars drive to places we want to go. In this […]
The Right Way to Motivate
“For those of you who get A’s on the next exam, I’ll throw you a pizza party.” “If you make your bed everyday this week, […]
Student Motivation: More than Candy and Good Grades
Let’s start off with a moment of self reflection. What motivates you? What drives you? Why do you go to work? Why do you have […]
Motivation: It comes from within, not from a report card
When dealing with anyone where you are seen as an authority figure can be difficult, especially if the people you are dealing with are teenagers. […]
The Path to Teaching: Going Into The Margins
What are our roles as the teacher in the classroom? To lecture them about the curriculum? Making sure that they’re seated in their rows, not […]
Margins – What They Are and Why You Should Go There
by Mason Schmidt Margins, outside of the classroom definition, are the places where two distinct places meet in nature. For example, where the woods or […]