Mindset and Motivation in Learning

As a teacher, I wanted to understand the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation of our students better. From the literature on teaching, I know that intrinsic motivation to do schoolwork is much preferable to extrinsic motivation. However, I find that my students often demonstrate limited intrinsic motivation. So, in addition to presenting the material in a way that makes it easier for students to motivate themselves (the preferred pedagogical remedy), I was curious to know why extrinsic motivation has such a bad rep. You could say I was intrinsically motivated to learn about extrinsic motivation ...

Here's a link to the chat I had with GenAI (ChatGPT).