Garry’s Rambles

I have been reflecting on Mark Pesce’s talk where he speaks of ‘Those Wacky Kids’ and the ‘mutants’ , that is us, and how we need to bridge the generational gap. Fundamentally, kids get engaged in learning when their intrinsic motivation is high. So what sparks intrinsic motivation? Learning that relates to life and arouse curiosity, allow students a degree of control, and provide challenging and collaborative tasks. So we need to understand these wacky kids in order to link into the characteristics that increase motivation and engagement. Their world is a very different and more complex one. As Mark says we are the change agents and that is a very privileged and important position for educators to be in and the goverment recognises the importance of this position through increased funding of the DER.

Read about Mark’s comments here.