Rewards affect feelings towards learning and motivation Rewards are extrinsic motivators (Hidi, 2015). They change the reason for doing a[…]
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Music Education Research
Latest research in Music Education and Performance Motivation.
Rewards in education – Who benefits?
What a fascinating thing. Total control of a living organism! – B.F.Skinner (1983) Rewards in education – Who benefits? Some[…]
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Do rewards improve results?
Do rewards improve results? Rewards have effects that interfere with performance in ways we are only beginning ot understand (Janet[…]
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Teacher Stress in Schools
Teacher Stress in Schools An article from a newly published book from Springer International Publishing: Educator stress: An occupational health perspective.[…]
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Mental Representations in Expert Musicians
Mental Representations in Expert Musicians Following on from my previous post, it has been found that expert musicians have well-developed[…]
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Goal directed practice and mental representations.
Goal directed practice and mental representations. I asked student today what he would need to do in order to fix[…]
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The difference is in the types of practice
The difference is in the types of practice When referring to quality of instrumental practice, mental representations are one of[…]
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Try harder or try differently?
Try harder or try differently? Deliberate practice Malcom Gladwell (Gladwell, 2011) popularised the notion that it takes 10,000 hours to[…]
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To be described as talented – what do we really mean?
To be described as talented – What do we really mean? The gene for talent does not exist. However, many people[…]
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Work motivation among teachers.
Teacher motivation Adaptive and maladaptive work motivation among teachers. I am very interested in how and what keeps teachers motivated.[…]
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