Dr. Gina Riley joins Annie Friday this week to discuss Self-Determination Theory and intrinsic motivation. Together, they discuss what types of environments, activities, and parameters can encourage young people to find their intrinsic drive. Intrinsic motivation relies on competence, autonomy, and relatedness. While it is not developed exclusively in homeschool or unschool settings, there are certain factors typically found within those settings that make it easier to access intrinsic motivation than in conventional school settings. Dr. Riley shares with Annie some antecdotes from her own atypical homeschool experience as a single working parent and how this has played out in the long term for her family.
Dr. Riley works in the College of Education at Hunter College – CUNY. You may find her books on homeschooling ; her scholarly research work ; and her social media presence all to bring you helpful information and reassuring comfort throughout your family’s school years.
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Annie Friday is an educator, entrepreneur, podcast host, and birth doula. Most recently, Annie co-founded Blue Bridge Agile Learning Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Blue Bridge serves families engaged in self-directed education pursuits. Annie considers herself a recovering teacher engaged in the ongoing process of deschooling and relearning everything she has ever known about education. Annie is a public school parent who is actively working to decenter school in her family life. Annie believes all learning needs to be learner-led, consent-based, and rooted in play. Annie holds a master’s degree in early childhood education. Her teacher and family training focuses on supporting young children through play, nature, and mindfulness. Annie lives in Michigan with her husband and two young children. Together they enjoy playing outside hiking, camping, boating, and skiing as well as inside with board games, video games, dancing, doing yoga, and cooking.
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