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How can we motivate children to do well at school and home?
Engendering motivation in children can be divided into two key areas: intrinsic motivators, i.e. the motivation that comes from within a pupil, such as having a sense of success when completing a task, and extrinsic motivation, that which is developed by external factors, like praise and stickers.
In this episode, Isabel and David are joined by an old friend, co-founder of the pod, Ross Borthwick, to consider the question of motivation.
In this discussion about education and the best way to inspire children, they drift perilously close to discovering the meaning of life! To find out more, you'll have to listen to the episode.
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