This is a really interesting article in Time Magazine that will cause most of the people who read this blog, especially my fellow educators, to cringe big-time.
To a "lay" reader, the arguments here likely seem quite reasonable. But the article treats internal motivation as simply an unrealistic ideal, or at least something that cannot be accomplished without first providing external motivation. It gives no consideration to the Dewey & Duckworth approach of building on learners' own curiosities and prompting further curiosity. It assumes that learning is something destined to feel like a chore.
What is it about constructivist-leaning educators that so often prevents us from getting our knowledge and perspectives represented in the popular media? This is certainly something to chew on...
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