Motivation in the Classroom

Published: Jan. 18, 2022, 12:01 a.m.

Harriet Ennis is a Psychology teacher at Bootham School in York and joins me this week to discuss motivation - something every teacher wishes their students had just a little bit more of.  The conversation covers a wide ranges areas such as grit, resilience, wellbeing, ugly coping, perfectionism, healthy striving and more.  Harriet mentions several pieces of research and links to these can be found below:

Education Endowment Fund

York St John University - Perfectionism in the most talented pupils

Resources Mentioned can be found here

Martin Seligman’s Work at Penn University Positive Psychology Centre