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by Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed. 

What If We Could Regain Our Motivation?

March 4, 2013 in Theory & Policy

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I think the problem in our schools these days is that we’ve lost our autonomy, mastery and purpose motives — and allowed the corporate profit motive to take over.

Watch this video to see the latest research on what motivates people.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could use this in our schools?

Related topics: Student Motivation

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Michelle Boyd Waters, M.Ed.

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Michelle taught secondary ELA in public schools for 10 years. She served as an award-winning journalist before transitioning into education and is now Assistant Director of the OU Writing Center and a teacher consultant for the Oklahoma Writing Project. Michelle co-edited the Oklahoma English Journal for five years. She is a PhD candidate in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum at the University of Oklahoma. She started reThink ELA LLC as a teacher blog in 2012.

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