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Book Review: Summerhill

September 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Summerhill is a book about the school that has used freedom and discretion, along with participative democracy to become one of the most unique schools in the middle of 20th century. The book “Summerhill” details the views and the experiences of the person that ran it. This book is a great read because it forces us [...]

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Book Review: Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn

August 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Punished by Rewards is by far the best book on motivation that I have ever read. Never mind that it could be one third the length and still make the same point.  It is still an extremely valuable book because it not only challenges current state of events, but does a great job of it. [...]

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Book Review: A hat full of sky by Terry Pratchett

August 26th, 2009 · No Comments

While it took me about 20 pages to really get in to “A Hat Full of Sky,” I found myself really enjoying it and being pleasantly surprised with not being able to put it down until I was done reading. This book is a pretty good work of fiction, but it also has a number [...]

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Ability before Motivation

August 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Last night I realised something that may appear obvious to the rest of the world, but was like a discovery for me. I think it will change the way I teach. If motivation starts with a choice, people who can’t even see the choice, by definition cannot make it. It takes imagination to ignite their [...]

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Choice as a source of motivation

August 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Motivation is a field that spawned many theories and observations. I find myself fascinated with motivations of myself and others. But what seems to be the toughest discovery to internalize is that much of motivation depends on conscious choices. Often, it is a matter of choosing to be happy, content or motivated. And that’s a [...]

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