The fiction of most school mission statements - 5 views
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Jason Finley on 13 Jun 13It appears that we are not the only group having this conversation. Here is an article that parallels our own. (It is actually eerily similar in its stream of thought.)
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Jason Finley on 13 Jun 13"...it's easy to see why students are disengaged from the learning tasks that we give them. The big question is whether we care. So far, most of our school systems don't seem too bothered by their environmental deficiencies when it comes to fostering internal motivation. Our actions put the lie to our school mission statements that state that we're about creating 'self-motivated, life-long learners.'" "As school leaders and classroom teachers, how long can we continue to ignore core principles of intrinsic motivation?"
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Jim Mooney on 14 Jun 13I could not agree more and this is a critical topic for the independent schools with which I work.