How Rewards Crush Student Motivation In The Classroom

School Behaviour Secrets with Simon Currigan and Emma Shackleton

06/13/21 • 23 min

Motivation in the classroom is easy, right? We dangle rewards in front of kids and they’ll change their behaviour to get the rewards.

But what if that idea is wrong? What if using rewards actually diminishes children’s motivation in the long term?

In today’s episode of School Behaviour Secrets, we explore the surprising science of reward systems... so you know exactly how to increase pupil motivation in your classroom.

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06/13/21 • 23 min

School Behaviour Secrets with Simon Currigan and Emma Shackleton - How Rewards Crush Student Motivation In The Classroom

Transcript

Simon Currigan00:00:00.000

So if your school uses exactly the same reward system from beginning to end from year one to year six, it's no wonder it becomes less effective as kids get older. In fact, if you in your classroom, they're using the same reward system from September to July, that system is going to get old. It's no wonder that the kids are going to get used to your behaviour system, and it's going to lose its impact. Welcome to the school behaviour secrets p

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