MOTIVATION--ARE YOU A FOOTBALL COACH OR A SCOUT LEADER?
The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program recently asked me to write a blog entry on educational innovation. You can check out my thoughts on that topic at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20140918142350-105641542-wanted-education-innovations-big-and-small?trk=prof-post ** A new school year has begun. I hope your classes are all off to a great start. One of the discussions that I have with myself at the beginning of every new school year is about my role as a motivator for my students. Over the years, I have had a number of conversations with college professors who adamantly assert that student motivation is not their responsibility. Their feelings certainly have some validity: �These students are adults. By this time, it is their responsibility to provide their own motivation. If they don�t want to learn the material, then they should not be in my class. In fact, I a...