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Alfie KohnAuthor, Speaker & Educator |
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 /VIEW-IMAGE/$File/view-image.png "Image information"){kind=small} He is a former teacher and now works with educators across North America and speaks at major conferences. "We have been in prison from wrong teaching. By perceiving that cooperation is the answer, not competition, Alfie Kohn opens a new world of living. I am deeply indebted to him."
Blog Post  Rewarding and recognizing knowledge sharingPosted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 15 September 2002 Alfie Kohn on human behavior, education, and societyPosted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 15 September 2002 Should we bribe kids to behave well?Posted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 14 March 2004 Thoughts on SchoolingPosted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 26 May 2004 Death to the Syllabus!Gurteen Knowledge-Log, David Gurteen, 14 December 2007 Stephen Billing on Joint InquiryPosted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 24 August 2009 Are traditional rewards as effective as we think?Posted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 23 September 2009 On Incentivizing Knowledge ManagementPosted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 14 December 2009 Alfie Kohn, children, rewards, motivation and KMPosted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 20 January 2010 A colossal Knowledge Management failure!Posted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 8 March 2010 Don't praise the child!Posted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 20 April 2012 Death by degrees, certification and accreditationPosted to Gurteen Knowledge-Log by David Gurteen on 14 August 2012 Book  Punished by Rewards (Sep 1999) by Alfie KohnThe Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes Unconditional Parenting (Mar 2005) by Alfie KohnMoving from Rewards and Punishment to Love and Reason Category  Measures, Targets and Rewards [40 items]Beware targets and rewards! Motivation [30 items]Motivation is the most important force in life Media File  Video Playlist: Alfie KohnVideo Playlist: Alfie Kohn Person  Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & EducatorQuotation  Extrinsic tangible rewards undermine intrinsic motivation On believers by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator On destroying the love of learning in children by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator On incentive-driven individuals by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator On punishment and reward by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator On quality and working together by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator On rewarding innovation by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator On test scores by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator On the convenience of stamping students by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & Educator On trying to do well and trying to beat others by Alfie Kohn Author, Speaker & EducatorQuotations from Alfie Kohn:  What can we surmise about the likelihood of someone's being caring and generous, loving and helpful, just from knowing that they are a believer?
Virtually nothing, say psychologists, sociologists, and others who have studied that question for a decade. Alfie Kohn, Author, Speaker & Educator We destroy the ... love of learning in children, which is so strong when they are small, by encouraging and compelling them to work for petty and contemptible rewards--gold stars, or papers marked 100 and tacked to the wall, or A's on report cards, or honor rolls, or dean's lists, or Phi Beta Kappa keys -- in short, for the ignoble satisfaction of feeling that they are better than someone else.Alfie Kohn, Author, Speaker & Educator Very few things are as dangerous as a bunch of incentive-driven individuals trying to play it safe.Alfie Kohn, Author, Speaker & Educator Punishment and reward proceed from basically the same psychological model, one that conceives of motivation as nothing more than the manipulation of behavior.Alfie Kohn, Author, Speaker & Educator Many of the familiar principles of Quality management amount to an elaboration of this simple truth: an innovative, healthy organization requires that we work with people rather than do things to them.Alfie Kohn, Author, Speaker & Educator If You Want to Kill Innovation, Reward It!Alfie Kohn, Author, Speaker & Educator When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in a desperate effort to raise scores.Alfie Kohn, Author, Speaker & Educator Some people undoubtedly find it convenient to have students arrive having already been stamped PRIME, CHOICE, SELECT, or STANDARD.Alfie Kohn, Author, Speaker & Educator Trying to do well and trying to beat others are two different things.Alfie Kohn, Author, Speaker & Educator
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