Tag Archives: B.F. Skinner

Is Free Will Really Free?

Posted on November 30, 2012 by karen mahon

I’m sure I’ll live to regret this, but I have the itch to write about free will today.  What the heck, it’s Friday, right?  I was reading The Desire for Autonomy on one of my favorite blogs, The Creativity Post.  In that … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Teacher

Posted on August 7, 2012 by karen mahon

Last week I was reading a blog that discussed different teaching methodologies.  One of those methods was Programmed Instruction (PI), a method that was developed by B.F. Skinner.  PI dates back to the 1950s when Skinner developed his Teaching Machine. … Continue reading →

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Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation…a false dichotomy?

Posted on July 3, 2012 by karen mahon

I had a fascinating “debate” of sorts with some of my Twitter colleagues two weeks ago. We were discussing the recent article, Freakonomics Goes to School and Teaches Us the Right Way to Bribe Kids, that appeared in The Atlantic … Continue reading →

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