Dan Pink's book Drive is fantastic. Here is an uber cool video about his book.
Other blogposts on motivation:
A Forever Home for Motivation
Dan Pink on Merit Pay
What gets you through the day may not get you through the night
Pink, Godin, Kohn and asymptotes
Intrinsic Motivation and Autonomy
Why the Why matters
Interesting. Now there's another book on my "to read" list.
ReplyDeleteAlso thought-provoking not only regarding how we function as teacher/workers, but how we allow our kids to work as students. Hmmmm...
ReplyDeleteI believe the topic of motivation is at the heart of education.
ReplyDeleteIf we wish to properly change teacher-preparation programs, we need the teachers of the future to understand how utterly important intrinsic motivation truly is.