Posts by Andrew Stotz
The Role of Challenge: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 4)
How do you tap into intrinsic motivation when the assignments (or jobs) are boring or feel irrelevant? Andrew and David talk about the role of challenge in intrinsic motivation, including why being challenged is key to innovation and improvement.
Read Full PostThe Role of Support: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 3)
In this episode, Andrew and David discuss one aspect of cultivating intrinsic motivation: the role of support. Cooperation and collaboration don’t just happen, and leaving a group of people – particularly kids – to just do as they please isn’t cultivating motivation. So how do you support intrinsic motivation?
Read Full PostWho Controls Motivation? Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 2)
In this second episode of the Motivation series, Andrew and David P. Langford discuss how power dynamics impact motivation and why autonomy is a big factor in motivation.
Read Full PostThe Best Way to Motivate: Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Series with David P. Langford (Part 1)
In this episode, Andrew and David introduce the broad topic of “motivation.” David describes intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation and how motivation practices are usually manipulation tactics that don’t work over the long term. So what do we do instead?
Read Full PostCellphones in the Classroom: Deming in Education with David P. Langford (Part 15)
In our latest Deming in Education podcast, Andrew and David talk about a controversial subject: cellphones in classrooms. Should teachers have them? Students? Should they be banned? Or is there another way?
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