Yeah, my worry is they just turn genuine intrinsic motivation into mundane extrinsic motivation. Kids should want to do things out of pure curiosity and interest, not solely because they’ll receive prizes for it. It’s why I like legos so much as a kid; they’re a toy without any external prize or motivator that you play with purely for the desire to create.
I don’t agree with you, kids should be doing things just because they want to.
We should not just be encouraging them to participate, we should be encouraging them to do what they want.
Did you ever get any of them?
Even we thought they were stupid bullshit when they were giving them to us
Yeah, my worry is they just turn genuine intrinsic motivation into mundane extrinsic motivation. Kids should want to do things out of pure curiosity and interest, not solely because they’ll receive prizes for it. It’s why I like legos so much as a kid; they’re a toy without any external prize or motivator that you play with purely for the desire to create.
That’s why kids love Minecraft so much nowadays, I call that game electronic Legos or digital Legos when they go into creative
This is one of the best counter arguments I have read. Kudos.