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Intrinsic Motivation

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.