Analyzing Motivation: Interview with Alfie Kohn

From www.AlfieKohn.org: Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behavior, education, and parenting. The author of fourteen books and hundreds of articles, he lectures at education conferences and universities as well as to parent groups and corporations. Kohn’s criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and he has been described in Time magazine as “perhaps the country’s most outspoken critic of education’s fixation on grades [and] test scores.”   Listen as I ask Alfie about some of our previous episodes on motivation and my suggestions on what you should be doing and I get his feedback.   Some of my biggest take-aways were:   Ask yourself: What are my long term goals for my kid(s)? Kids don’t have to be given intrinsic motivation to learn Before trying to motivate your child, ask: what am I motivating them to do? Why? Is it developmentally appropriate? Does it meet my child’s needs? Imagine how things look from your kid’s point of view.   What were your take-aways?   https://www.alfiekohn.org/ Start reading his books today!