Educate to Self-Regulate
Welcome to educate to self regulate, a podcast for educational leaders, teachers and students.
I'm Dr Shyam Barr, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra, and together we'll unpack educational research to support you and your students to become better learners.
Educate to Self-Regulate
7. Is Intrinsic motivation realistic in schools?
A common focus in schools is to foster students' intrinsic motivation for learning, but is this a realistic ambition?
In Episode 7, Dr Shyam Barr and Rory McCaughey consider the differences between intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and amotivation. They explore why extrinsic motivation might be perceived as a 'dirty word' and whether intrinsic motivation is realistic drawing on Ryan et al's (2021) taxonomy of motivation.
All the above and more in less than 20 minutes! :)
References:
Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2006). Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations: Classic definitions and new directions. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 25, 54-67. https://doi.org/10.1006/ceps.1999.1020
Ryan, R. M., Deci, E. L., Vansteenkiste, M., & Soenens, B. (2021). Building a science of motivated persons: Self-determination theory’s empirical approach to human experience and the regulation of behavior. Motivation Science, 7(2), 97–110. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000194
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