Program Details
DESCRIPTION:
It just seems obvious: schools and teachers should draw on students’ interests to foster intrinsic motivation. Sadly, this obvious solution faces real-world challenges. Intrinsic motivation can be hard to spark, and harder to align with curricular goals. To understand these problems, this talk explores a powerful and surprising theoretical framework: “biologically primary and secondary learning.” Drawing on evolutionary psychology, this theory looks at formal schooling within our evolutionary history. When teachers and tutors rethink our role within this framework, we understand realistic motivational possibilities in school – knowing when and how to rely on intrinsic or extrinsic motivation. We can also understand other important motivational theories: including mindset, stereotype threat, and self-determination theory.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will
- Understand the distinction between “biologically primary” and “biologically secondary” learning.
- Use this understanding to rethink motivational possibilities in their schools and classrooms, and for their students.
- Re-conceptualize other motivational theories (e.g.: mindset) within a broader framework.
With Andrew Watson Nationally recognized author and educator Translate the Brain
DATE(S) & TIME(S):
Thursday August 8, 2024
6:00-7:30 Mountain Daylight Time
GRADE:
For K-16 educators
Access is important to us! Email us at [email protected] to learn more about our Rural Teacher Scholarship, our BIPOC Educator Scholarship or mileage reimbursement.
Registration Information
COST: $300
CREDIT: 1.5 hour Certificate of participation available upon request
Registration opens soon!