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Re:Young children would rather explore than get rewards by arminiusreturns on Thursday August 13, 2020 @10:10AM (#24143491)
I think you might like this interview with the now deceased but brilliant contrarian educator John Taylor Gatto, in which he speaks about just that in the schooling system and the crazy changes he saw when he said he moved towards a more intrinsic motivation system, though he didn't use those terms:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQiW_l848t8&list=PL463AA90FD...

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Re:Young children would rather explore than get rewards by narag on Thursday August 13, 2020 @04:57PM (#24149006)
Not a native speaker, I can understand but his speech gives me a hard time. Could you share a pointer to a relevant segment? The complete interview is five hours!
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Re:Young children would rather explore than get rewards by arminiusreturns on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:00AM (#24156747)
https://youtu.be/YQiW_l848t8?list=PL463AA90FD04EC7A2&t=1640 is a decent starting section, and I know he is hard to listen to, but very worth it and you get used to his speaking style over time. That said, here is a transcript: https://www.scribd.com/document/76968236/SOURCED-TRANSCRIPT-...
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