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They focus on individualism; create
competition and conflict between kids where complaints of unequal treatment and
playing favorites are common. It interferes with efforts to promote
collaboration, cooperative learning and a sense of community which improves the
quality of learning.
Rewards also interfere with a genuine and
trusting relationship with a teacher where a kid feels safe to be open, expose
his vulnerability, admit mistakes and ask for help when problems develop. It is
the judgmental nature of rewards and praise that encourages kids to try and
impress and curry favor with the person handing out the rewards. Rewards are a
tool for ' doing to ' kids, control and manipulation through seduction, rather
than ' working with ' kids in an unconditional way. Kids feel valued and
accepted only if they behave as they are told and do well in school.
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