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Podcast: The Reading Instruction Show
Episode: Science of Reading: Where's the Joy?
Description: There is only one emotion that is good for learning: happiness and all its derivations. Joy is a derivation of happiness. Joy is pleasurable. Humans are rewarded by their emotions for doing things that bring them joy. They tend to repeat these behaviors.  Fear keeps us from doing certain things. Fear of failure. Fear of humiliation. Also, things that make us sad or unhappy keep us from doing certain things. Being forced to sit in a chair and perform like a trained seal creates sadness, boredom, and frustration.The SoR zealots fail to realize that we’re teaching ch...