The Motivated Student: Unlocking the Enthusiasm for Learning

The Motivated Student: Unlocking the Enthusiasm for Learning challenges the common rewards-based and punitive motivation system and turns it on its head by focusing on students' internal versus external motivation.

 

Author Bob Sullo has worked in education for 33 years, as an English teacher, a school psychologist, an adjustment counselor, and an administrator in Massachusetts' Plymouth Public Schools. Now he is an instructor and consultant for the William Glasser Institute, providing workshops on staff development and parents. His other works include Teach Them to Be Happy (New View Publications, 1989), Inspiring Quality in Your School: From Theory to Practice (NEA Professional Library, 1997), Activating the Desire to Learn (ASCD, 2007), Managing to Inspire: Bringing Out the Best in Those You Supervise (iUniverse, 2007), and The Inspiring Teacher: Making a Positive Difference in Students' Lives (NEA Professional Library, 2008).

 

From Amazon.com:

“Because you can’t possibly know exactly what will motivate every student, it’s vital to have a reliable blueprint and a set of strategies that are proven to work across a broad spectrum of students. That’s why you need this book from a teacher and psychologist with over 30 years of experience. Drawing from recent research of the concepts of internal motivation and control, Bob Sullo describes how to get students in every grade focused and ready to learn. With lots of classroom scenarios and steps to get you started, The Motivated Student makes it much easier for you to take advantage of the newest thinking on how to tap your students’ innate desire to learn."