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Alfie Kohn

@alfiekohn

Author/lecturer on topics in education, parenting, human behavior
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2 years ago

A light bulb moment for me was realizing that much of the talk about student "motivation" (how to boost it or why a given kid lacks it) is really code for talking about compliance - that is, the extent to which students do whatever we tell them.