A meta-analysis of data from 63 countries has just been published by the American Psychological Association concluding that “freedom and personal autonomy are more important to people’s well-being than money.”
This is no surprise to readers of William Glasser and Daniel Pink, but it can’t hurt to have a little more evidence.
It seems to reinforce the idea that we might be better off in the classroom spending more time emphasizing student choice, cooperative learning and helping develop intrinsic motivation than extrinsic rewards and punishments.
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How can teachers provide students with something they lack, namely freedom and autonomy? As learning becomes standardized, teachers are given less and less room to use their creativity, their innovative spark, their personalities to teach their students.