Social
intrinsic rewards work well here, because when someone else notices what's working well, we continue doing it.
Not exact matches
Ideally, your
work is more about doing the thing itself and reaping
intrinsic rewards in the process,» he writes.
The goal is to move completely from food
rewards to other tangibles and eventually a more
intrinsic reward system... but when you are dealing with students with behavioral issues that prevent them from interacting with their peers, you have to use what
works.
Parents should avoid offering external
rewards such as money or privileges for students who complete their
work or bring home good grades, and instead should focus on encouraging
intrinsic motivation.
Yet there is a small chorus of naysayers who claim
rewards actually act as a disincentive and prevent children from doing well in school for
intrinsic rewards, such as personal satisfaction and pride in their
work.
In an article published in the Boston Globe («Studies Find
Reward No Motivator»), Kohn cites several studies done that demonstrated students offered extrinsic
rewards, particularly for creative
work and
work involving higher - order thinking, were less productive than those students
working for
intrinsic rewards.
Most people who go into teaching are motivated by
intrinsic rewards — the value of the
work they do — rather than extrinsic motivators, such as money, many educators believe.
Becoming a teacher in Wyoming might mean
working in more rural, agrarian regions of the state, but these areas are still in need of quality teachers who find
intrinsic reward in helping all of their students receive the education they deserve.
For example, making the accomplishment of a task
rewarded with a substantial monetary
reward may actually not make it as desirable as
rewarding the accomplishment with a smaller monetary award but a larger
intrinsic award such as the player's desire for acknowledgement of his or her
work in the firm.
If you just want to write a blog for your own
intrinsic rewards it can be fun and worthwhile (and not that much
work).