Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Tangible Rewards by Teachers with Chinese Young Students

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220105.239How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Tangible rewards; Intrinsic motivation; Chinese students; Education

Abstract

Using tangible rewards is one of the most frequently used teaching strategies for teachers to manage the class, and it also has been one of the most controversial topics in both psychology and education research for decades. In China, the arising appreciation education philosophy and increasing attention to education draw people’s attention to the use of tangible rewards in recent years. Also, the special Chinese teaching context has exacerbated the impact on the detrimental effects and potential benefits of tangible rewards on Chinese young students. In this article, we integrate theories as well as research findings and summarize the key disadvantages, advantages, and necessity of using tangible rewards with Chinese young students. Subsequently, we indicate key factors influencing the effectiveness of using tangible rewards and give suggestions for using tangible rewards strategy. These include the following: 1) don’t overuse tangible rewards, 2) diversify the tangible rewards, 3) giving rewards not only to individuals also to groups, 4) make sure the fairness of giving rewards to each child.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuetyi Tsang
AU  - Tianyi Zhang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Tangible Rewards by Teachers with Chinese Young Students
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1295
EP  - 1301
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.239
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.239
ID  - Tsang2022
ER  -