Parts 1 and 2 of Pink's book were all about selling you on intrinsic over extrinsic motivation and explaining why our traditional models of reward-based businesses are ultimately going to fail in the changing world.
If you do not need to be convinced of this, go ahead and skip the first 161 pages and start right at the good stuff in Part 3, which is the "Toolkit" for putting these theories into practice. And actually, I'll save you the trouble of even doing that much by summarizing here. Keep in mind that Pink is writing primarily to a business-geared audience of adults rather than to teachers. But again, his strategies are largely transferrable to a classroom context. Here are Pink's suggestions for increasing intrinsic motivation in a group setting:
Beginning on page 185, he details some specific strategies for working with kids, but it is basically a repetition of what I've summarized above. Ultimately, I have found one really good example of a classroom of what this should all look like when put into practice. Check it out: http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/12/21/life-in-a-21st-century-english-class/ Pink, Daniel H. (2009). Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. New York: Penguin Group.
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