Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller discuss how teachers and parents can foster or thwart quality motivation of children. Musical credit: "Dark Places Part II"Steven Bourgeois From Presence (2005) ©All rights reserved

Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller discuss how teachers and parents can foster or thwart quality motivation of children. Musical credit: "Dark Places Part II" Steven Bourgeois From Presence (2005) ©All rights reserved

Episode 25: On Motivation and Learning

Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller lead an informal discussion between a current and a former teacher on topics that challenge "best practices" in contemporary education. In keeping with Neil Postman (1979), we support the conserving function of education: “Its aim at all times is to make visible the prevailing biases of a culture and then, by employing whatever philosophies of education are available, to oppose them.”

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Episode 25: On Motivation and Learning

Episode 25: On Motivation and Learning