Comments on: Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School? http://www.ldresources.org/2010/04/should-kids-be-bribed-to-do-well-in-school/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-kids-be-bribed-to-do-well-in-school Resources for the learning disabilities community Mon, 13 May 2013 13:45:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Sanford http://www.ldresources.org/2010/04/should-kids-be-bribed-to-do-well-in-school/#comment-372195 Sanford Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:46:14 +0000 http://www.ldresources.org/?p=1897#comment-372195 Kristine, You might enjoy Daniel Pink's discussion on motivation. He's been talking about how education and business are not using what science is showing: that except for rote learning, people are incentivized by autonomy, mastery, and purpose, not by external rewards. <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Daniel Pink at TED</a> Kristine,
You might enjoy Daniel Pink’s discussion on motivation. He’s been talking about how education and business are not using what science is showing: that except for rote learning, people are incentivized by autonomy, mastery, and purpose, not by external rewards.
Daniel Pink at TED

]]> By: Kristine http://www.ldresources.org/2010/04/should-kids-be-bribed-to-do-well-in-school/#comment-372160 Kristine Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:42:46 +0000 http://www.ldresources.org/?p=1897#comment-372160 This actually boils down to knowing that college is definitely not for everyone but bribing takes the cake. Ive heard of incorporating the reward system to child-rearing but bribing is just too much. It won't really damage the child's mind, like Lola says it will, but perhaps it will change how the child views his education and his future. I understand parents arrive at a point where they feel troubled and uncertain about their children's successes in school enough to hand them cash to compensate. And I believe when the article said, "Psychologists warn that money can actually make kids perform worse by cheapening the act of learning" But again, what might work for them might not work for anyone else. Kristine This actually boils down to knowing that college is definitely not for everyone but bribing takes the cake. Ive heard of incorporating the reward system to child-rearing but bribing is just too much. It won’t really damage the child’s mind, like Lola says it will, but perhaps it will change how the child views his education and his future. I understand parents arrive at a point where they feel troubled and uncertain about their children’s successes in school enough to hand them cash to compensate. And I believe when the article said, “Psychologists warn that money can actually make kids perform worse by cheapening the act of learning” But again, what might work for them might not work for anyone else.

Kristine

]]> By: Richard http://www.ldresources.org/2010/04/should-kids-be-bribed-to-do-well-in-school/#comment-354077 Richard Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:05:19 +0000 http://www.ldresources.org/?p=1897#comment-354077 Lola: I like and agree with your thinking. Did you read the entire article though? If you did you'd get a slightly bigger picture of this. Some folks are using bribery to break the logjam of motivation and then, once behaviors are changed backing off on it. Of course, not all students (and people in general) react in the same way to external goals, which is what bribes are really. I hope you'll take the time to read the article, it's quite fascinating and reading it broadened my view of the topic. Lola: I like and agree with your thinking. Did you read the entire article though? If you did you’d get a slightly bigger picture of this.

Some folks are using bribery to break the logjam of motivation and then, once behaviors are changed backing off on it. Of course, not all students (and people in general) react in the same way to external goals, which is what bribes are really.

I hope you’ll take the time to read the article, it’s quite fascinating and reading it broadened my view of the topic.

]]> By: LOla http://www.ldresources.org/2010/04/should-kids-be-bribed-to-do-well-in-school/#comment-353972 LOla Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:32:52 +0000 http://www.ldresources.org/?p=1897#comment-353972 Should kids be bribed to do well in school? In my opinion, children at school should not be bribed even if they have study well. It is not a good idea because it makes children dependable from encouragement. First of all, some schools fund organization with located in the poor districts cannot use this system. Even if school will have such a fund, money always could be finished. Suppose it happened in reality, and children, who receive such encouragement for over a year became dependable. As a result, child’s mind will be damaged, and child might stop study well. Should kids be bribed to do well in school?
In my opinion, children at school should not be bribed even if they have study well. It is not a good idea because it makes children dependable from encouragement. First of all, some schools fund organization with located in the poor districts cannot use this system. Even if school will have such a fund, money always could be finished. Suppose it happened in reality, and children, who receive such encouragement for over a year became dependable. As a result, child’s mind will be damaged, and child might stop study well.

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