A new series that comprises a collection of things heard and overheard in ed school, uttered by students and professors alike. Ed school is the place where discarded and discredited psychological theories go to thrive.
Student: Is the horse in George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” an example of cognitive motivation (i.e., motivated to achieve mastery) vs social cognitive
(performance appearance).Professor: Yes, the horse exhibited cognitive mastery.
For those of you who haven’t read Animal Farm, or have forgotten it, the horse was forever criticized by the “collective” and responded to the criticism with “I will do better.” Not quite sure if I agree this is cognitive motivation or milieu control but as I’ve said before, there are no wrong answers in ed school.
traditional math 