Ms. Lauren Time: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
Happy 2014@TCSH to the new Editorial Board and all of our fabulous students. There is so much good energy on our campus every day. I am particularly gratified by the variety of connections that are forming among the 2013 intake students and the new students, and among CAL, IB and SAM students as well. I predict that 2014 is going to be the best year ever for TCSH.
I look forward to “chatting” with you, and hopefully provoking some thoughts and comments, through a regular column in the Online Beacon. The topic I’d like to discuss first is motivation. Taylor’s College Transcript 2 has been embraced by the January 2014 students, and for that I am thrilled. I believe in it as a means of encouraging students to be intentional in their selection of extracurricular involvements, and to be aware of the skills they are developing as a result of these involvements. However, I do NOT want it to be the main motive for participating in something, nor for taking on the leadership of a club or event. That would be just as bad as choosing your career path for money instead of passion!
I heard a rumour that the reason we had fewer students register for the Euclid Math Competition this year is because we are not giving out participation certificates. This is because participants are getting T2 points instead. Really?! You would participate in a math competition for the certificate? The right reason to participate in a math competition is because you love doing challenging math problems, giving your best to each question, and pitting yourself against students with similar passion and talent around the world. That’s called intrinsic motivation.
None of you actually come to the Friday afternoon Math Power Hour just for the chocolate do you? If you did that would be extrinsic motivation.
Research would suggest that intrinsic motivation is more powerful and long-lasting than extrinsic. Drive is a 2009 non-fiction book by Daniel Pink. In it, he argues that human motivation is largely intrinsic, and that the aspects of this motivation can be divided into autonomy, mastery and purpose. He argues against old models of motivation driven by rewards and fear of punishment, dominated by extrinsic factors such as money.(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Here is Pink’s 140-character summary of what the book is about, Twitter-style."Carrots & Sticks are so last Century. Drive says for 21st century work, we need to upgrade to autonomy, mastery and purpose."
Another summary was done by RSAnimate, a ten minute video animation adapted from Dan Pink's talk. You will be amazed at the unexpected outcome of this recent research on what drives us …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
There is also a Ted Talk by Daniel Pink on Motivation. Maybe we will show it as the next in our Ted Talk Series – Tuesday, April 15th at 4:30, the week you all get back from vacation. I hope to see you there!
Ms Lauren Wilson
The Principal,
Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas.
I look forward to “chatting” with you, and hopefully provoking some thoughts and comments, through a regular column in the Online Beacon. The topic I’d like to discuss first is motivation. Taylor’s College Transcript 2 has been embraced by the January 2014 students, and for that I am thrilled. I believe in it as a means of encouraging students to be intentional in their selection of extracurricular involvements, and to be aware of the skills they are developing as a result of these involvements. However, I do NOT want it to be the main motive for participating in something, nor for taking on the leadership of a club or event. That would be just as bad as choosing your career path for money instead of passion!
I heard a rumour that the reason we had fewer students register for the Euclid Math Competition this year is because we are not giving out participation certificates. This is because participants are getting T2 points instead. Really?! You would participate in a math competition for the certificate? The right reason to participate in a math competition is because you love doing challenging math problems, giving your best to each question, and pitting yourself against students with similar passion and talent around the world. That’s called intrinsic motivation.
None of you actually come to the Friday afternoon Math Power Hour just for the chocolate do you? If you did that would be extrinsic motivation.
Research would suggest that intrinsic motivation is more powerful and long-lasting than extrinsic. Drive is a 2009 non-fiction book by Daniel Pink. In it, he argues that human motivation is largely intrinsic, and that the aspects of this motivation can be divided into autonomy, mastery and purpose. He argues against old models of motivation driven by rewards and fear of punishment, dominated by extrinsic factors such as money.(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Here is Pink’s 140-character summary of what the book is about, Twitter-style."Carrots & Sticks are so last Century. Drive says for 21st century work, we need to upgrade to autonomy, mastery and purpose."
Another summary was done by RSAnimate, a ten minute video animation adapted from Dan Pink's talk. You will be amazed at the unexpected outcome of this recent research on what drives us …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc
There is also a Ted Talk by Daniel Pink on Motivation. Maybe we will show it as the next in our Ted Talk Series – Tuesday, April 15th at 4:30, the week you all get back from vacation. I hope to see you there!
Ms Lauren Wilson
The Principal,
Taylor’s College Sri Hartamas.
