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New Study Says Freedom & Autonomy More Important Than Money (& Classroom Incentives?) | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

New Study Says Freedom & Autonomy More Important Than Money (& Classroom Incentives?)

A meta-analysis of data from 63 countries has just been published by the American Psychological Association concluding that “freedom and personal autonomy are more important to people’s well-being than money.”

This is no surprise to readers of William Glasser and Daniel Pink, but it can’t hurt to have a little more evidence.

It seems to reinforce the idea that we might be better off in the classroom spending more time emphasizing