If you click here, you will be taken to the intrinsic motivation page
which provides information about what intrinsic motivation is and an
introduction to various theories about it, such as, self-determination
theory and flow state theory. The page will also provide information on
moving from extrinsic motivation to intrinsic motivation and how
learners can be helped to achieve a desire for life long learning.
B. F. Skinner
If you click here, you will be taken to the B. F. Skinner page that
provides information about the work of the behaviorists and Skinner in
particular but endevours to reconsider their findings in line with a
more cognitive mental approach. This covers a cognitive approach to
both aversion conditioning and reinforcement conditioning and tries to
consider associations in terms of a deciding continually active
organism.
Learning Method
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'method' map page that
provides information about and links to various pages concerning Karl
Popper, Jean Piaget, Maria Montessori, and the meanings of words used
on this site. The information concerning those pages, will be provided
on that 'method' map page in the same manner as it is on this page. The
important thrust of this section concerns the work of Popper.
Personal Map of Reality
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'realitymap' page that
provides information about and links to the following various
pages,'George Kelly' and his construct theory, 'meaningfulness',
'iteration', 'thought codes', 'cognition' and 5 levels of mental
growth. These are 'conjecture', 'convergence', 'patterns', 'unity'
'gestalt' 'pmor'. This information will be on the 'realitymap' page in
the same manner as it is on this page.
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'needs' map page that
provides information about and links to an overview page of Maslow's
work and pages for each of the need levels in his hierarchy. These
include 'curiosity', 'physiological', 'safety', 'love &
belonging', esteem', 'meta, being or aesthetic'. The information
concerning those pages, will be provided on that 'needs' map page in
the same manner as it is on this page.
Associations
If you click here, you will be taken to a page called 'learningkeys'.
This page provides links to a mind locking page 'evaluation' about
testing as performed in schools and links to the mind unlocking twelve
keys to learning with a brief description on each. These key pages are,
'world', 'confidence', 'fragile', 'failure', 'criticism', 'teachlearn',
'contagion', 'start', 'choices', learntolearn', 'learningthefuture' and
'handson'.
Gregory Bateson
If you click here, you will be taken to the creative genius page. This
page provides a brief introduction to genius, thought codes and rapid
cognition. The page then links to rapid cognition and to the 13 tools
of creative genius which are, 'observing', 'imaging', 'abstracting',
'recognizing patterns', 'forming patterns', 'analogizing', 'body
thinking', 'empathizing', 'dimensional thinking', 'modeling',
'playing', 'transforming', 'synthesizing'.
Learning Threads
If you click here, you will be taken to a 'realitymap' page that
provides information about and links to the following various
pages,'George Kelly' and his construct theory, 'meaningfulness',
'iteration', 'thought codes', 'cognition', and 5 levels of mental
growth, 'conjecture', 'convergence', 'patterns', 'unity' 'gestalt'
'maps'. This information will be on the 'realitymap' page in the same
manner as it is on this page.
Learning in Context
If you click here, you will be taken to the B. F. Skinner page that
provides information about the work of the behaviorists and Skinner in
particular but endevours to reconsider their findings in line with a
mor cognitive mental approach.
The Spiral Path
If you click here, you will be taken to the 'spiralpath' page which
shows how intrinsic motivatin and intrinsic interest are subject to
what is called the Matthew effect where advantage accumulates more
advantage and disadvantage accumulates more disadvantage. In this case
vicious spirals draw the learner in toward inactivity or virtuous
spirals push the learner out toward being a life long learner.
School Intrinsic Motivation
If you click here, you will be taken to the 'schoolintrinsic' page that
provides information about how intrinsic motivation is necessary for
schools to work efficiently. It also explains how this applies to
student directed learning. It also supplies information on the dangers
of evoking expectations of gratitude from students and how teachers and
administrators should compensate for such expectations in themselves.
