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Welcome to “Failure Club”Supporting Intrinsic Motivation, Sort of, in College Writing

Welcome to “Failure Club”Supporting Intrinsic Motivation, Sort of, in College Writing Students are more likely to embrace failure in learning when they are intrinsically motivated, but formal education in the United States operates through extrinsic rewards that make failure something to fear and avoid. Accordingly, the author examines the lessons of “Failure Club,” a writing course he designed to challenge this basic pedagogical contradiction. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pedagogy Duke University Press

Welcome to “Failure Club”Supporting Intrinsic Motivation, Sort of, in College Writing

Pedagogy , Volume 21 (3) – Oct 1, 2021

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Copyright © 2021 by Duke University Press
ISSN
1531-4200
eISSN
1533-6255
DOI
10.1215/15314200-9132039
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Abstract

Students are more likely to embrace failure in learning when they are intrinsically motivated, but formal education in the United States operates through extrinsic rewards that make failure something to fear and avoid. Accordingly, the author examines the lessons of “Failure Club,” a writing course he designed to challenge this basic pedagogical contradiction.

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PedagogyDuke University Press

Published: Oct 1, 2021

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