Motivation can be a real minefield can’t it?! 😂 I’ve found praise, fun lessons and autonomy the most effective ways of fostering it over time with children aged 9-11, but there’s a time and place for every kind of motivation.
I am from South Asia and I think motivation is a huge cultural thing. Intrinsic Motivation is sort of "luxury belief" for us. Also I read Jin Li's "The Cultural Foundations of East and West" where she talks about how Chinese kids have expect parents to give extrinsic "negative" motivation while American kids expect parents to leave them alone. It's a great book to understand learning from cultural p.o.v.
Motivation can be a real minefield can’t it?! 😂 I’ve found praise, fun lessons and autonomy the most effective ways of fostering it over time with children aged 9-11, but there’s a time and place for every kind of motivation.
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I am from South Asia and I think motivation is a huge cultural thing. Intrinsic Motivation is sort of "luxury belief" for us. Also I read Jin Li's "The Cultural Foundations of East and West" where she talks about how Chinese kids have expect parents to give extrinsic "negative" motivation while American kids expect parents to leave them alone. It's a great book to understand learning from cultural p.o.v.