One of my favorite books is a children’s book called The Big Box by Toni Morrison. It’s a story of three children who, because they make the adults uncomfortable, are placed in a big box full of toys and candy and all the things that kids love but with a door that “only opens one [...]
Each of us has preferences that are dictated by our culture, our experiences, and our own perceived strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps you prefer quiet dinners at home because you survived rowdy dinners with five rambunctious brothers growing up. Maybe you would rather read the book than watch the movie because you have always had a [...]
For years, I have unquestioningly accepted the prevailing wisdom that the holy grail in education is to have intrinsically motivated students who learn for learning’s sake. And yet, most of us don’t do everything we do for purely intrinsic reasons. We work at least partially for a paycheck. We drive the speed limit not because [...]
