Education Bookcast
Episodes
5b. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (Parts 2&3) by Alfie Kohn
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Well well, the grand finale. We've seen in the previous episode how laboratory studies have shown that extrinsic rewards lead to reduced motivation an...
5a. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes (Part 1) by Alfie Kohn
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
You'll remember from Daniel Pink's Drive (episode 2) that common assumptions about how rewards affect motivation and behaviour have it all wrong. Comm...
4. Cesar's Way by Cesar Millan
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Last week's episode served as an introduction to behaviourism. This week, in the name of balance, we are looking at another theory of animal trainin...
3. Don't Shoot the Dog! The New Art of Teaching and Training by Karen Pryor
18 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Why should somebody who is interested in education be interested in behaviourism? Because it's had a huge impact on educational theory and practice...
2. Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Common sense tells us that in order to get someone to do something, or to get them to do it better (faster, more thoroughly, more carefully), you migh...
1. Mindset: How You can Fulfil Your Potential by Carol Dweck
05 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The ideas from Carol Dweck's research, explained in her book Mindset, seem to be very popular nowadays. They are even part of the curriculum of the Po...
0. Introduction
04 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is the very first episode of Education Bookcast, in which I introduce myself and the podcast. I will leave a brief introduction here in the descr...