Comments on: Motivation, Defined http://principleddiscovery.com/2006/03/03/motivation-defined/ If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do? --Psalm 11:3 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:53:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: 139th Carnival of Homeschooling Coming Soon http://principleddiscovery.com/2006/03/03/motivation-defined/comment-page-1/#comment-988955 139th Carnival of Homeschooling Coming Soon Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:16:02 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=76#comment-988955 [...] will write more on the topic after I review the series at Principled Discovery, beginning with Motivation Defined. Dana discusses a helpful article by Carole Adams entitled The Christian Idea of the Child. (pdf) [...] [...] will write more on the topic after I review the series at Principled Discovery, beginning with Motivation Defined. Dana discusses a helpful article by Carole Adams entitled The Christian Idea of the Child. (pdf) [...]

]]> By: Jennifer in OR http://principleddiscovery.com/2006/03/03/motivation-defined/comment-page-1/#comment-988582 Jennifer in OR Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:51:25 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=76#comment-988582 Dana, I followed this link from Renae's post on motivation. I'll have to browse through your series. I'm very interested in this idea right now, trying to get a handle on how I'm going to approach the issue of student motivation. I somehow cringe at the idea of external motivators used at the level they are in schools... How do I go about stimulating a child's intrinsic desire to perform, to apply themself to a subject, to do their very best? I'm listening to an interview from Andrew Pudewa and just printed out Carole Adams' article The Christian Idea of The Child. So, I have to tell you, I'm going back to the classroom. I haven't posted anything about this yet, because I'm not sure how to go about this. I wasn't going to say a word, but I'm on a lot of people's "homeschool blog roll." And I won't be homeschooling this year. I'm teaching 6th gr. at a private Christian school and my kids will be attending. But I live in a very small town with only so many private schools and I'm such a security freak I don't want people knowing where I teach and where my kids attend school. So, what to do? I do feel like I need to let my readers know that I won't be homeschooling, but need to give some kind of explanation. I'd of course hate for anyone to think I'm in the public school system, yet I don't want to say exactly what I'm doing. Am I being too paranoid??! Coming from a homeschool mindset, I have so many hurdles to overcome in trying to implement my ideas into a regular classroom, but I'm going to be attempting this. Just getting past the administration may be the biggest hurdle! But I was very open in my interview about my views on education and somehow they still hired me. :-) Dana, could you email me with your thoughts on this? I can talk to you more about why we're doing this and what I hope to accomplish. blessedinthewest@yahoo.com Dana, I followed this link from Renae’s post on motivation. I’ll have to browse through your series. I’m very interested in this idea right now, trying to get a handle on how I’m going to approach the issue of student motivation. I somehow cringe at the idea of external motivators used at the level they are in schools… How do I go about stimulating a child’s intrinsic desire to perform, to apply themself to a subject, to do their very best? I’m listening to an interview from Andrew Pudewa and just printed out Carole Adams’ article The Christian Idea of The Child.

So, I have to tell you, I’m going back to the classroom. I haven’t posted anything about this yet, because I’m not sure how to go about this. I wasn’t going to say a word, but I’m on a lot of people’s “homeschool blog roll.” And I won’t be homeschooling this year. I’m teaching 6th gr. at a private Christian school and my kids will be attending. But I live in a very small town with only so many private schools and I’m such a security freak I don’t want people knowing where I teach and where my kids attend school. So, what to do? I do feel like I need to let my readers know that I won’t be homeschooling, but need to give some kind of explanation. I’d of course hate for anyone to think I’m in the public school system, yet I don’t want to say exactly what I’m doing. Am I being too paranoid??!

Coming from a homeschool mindset, I have so many hurdles to overcome in trying to implement my ideas into a regular classroom, but I’m going to be attempting this. Just getting past the administration may be the biggest hurdle! But I was very open in my interview about my views on education and somehow they still hired me. :-)

Dana, could you email me with your thoughts on this? I can talk to you more about why we’re doing this and what I hope to accomplish. blessedinthewest@yahoo.com

]]> By: Beth http://principleddiscovery.com/2006/03/03/motivation-defined/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Beth Sat, 01 Apr 2006 12:54:00 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=76#comment-30 Aaaah, very good thoughts here Dana. Yes, truly ONLY the Lord can SAVE our children. We can as you so aptly pointed out in your other post *narrow the way* for them, but eventually we must leave them at the altar. Watchman Nee writes about this concept too in one of his books (I don't remember which one offhand, as I've read quite a few of his). But, I remember that I felt such a release when I read his words, so full of freeing Truth as a parent. And so basicly simply. He said, {my paraphrase} "We can share the Gospel, but we must not take it upon ourselves to save a soul. It is an act of supernatural birth, and only the Holy Spirit can perform that miracle..." *exhales*... Thank you Lord, that YOU will draw and eventually direct our childrens' hearts.<br/>This does motivate me to PRAY.<br/>love & blessings~ Aaaah, very good thoughts here Dana. Yes, truly ONLY the Lord can SAVE our children. We can as you so aptly pointed out in your other post *narrow the way* for them, but eventually we must leave them at the altar. Watchman Nee writes about this concept too in one of his books (I don’t remember which one offhand, as I’ve read quite a few of his). But, I remember that I felt such a release when I read his words, so full of freeing Truth as a parent. And so basicly simply. He said, {my paraphrase} “We can share the Gospel, but we must not take it upon ourselves to save a soul. It is an act of supernatural birth, and only the Holy Spirit can perform that miracle…” *exhales*… Thank you Lord, that YOU will draw and eventually direct our childrens’ hearts.
This does motivate me to PRAY.
love & blessings~

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