Commentary On The Book 'Changing You' By Edward Deci

Changing You How does one go about creating meaningful change? This is a question that should be on everyone's mind, yet I have never heard anyone ask it before. After reading the assigned articles and Edward Deci's book, I feel motivated to change my life in countless ways to make it better. Ways to create meaningful change are scattered through the whole entire readings; for example, having intrinsic motivation because of the readings, people now have the knowledge to begin the path of meaningful change, and in order to go about this path, one must have autonomy, and I feel the only ways to really make meaningful success in us all involves setting some sort of limits, having strong hope, and having positive people in our lives that motivate us to do positive things with our lives. To begin the path of meaningful change, we need to first have autonomy. In Why We Do What We Do: Understanding Self-motivation, Deci explains "Setting limits in an autonomy-supportive way…recognizing that he or she is a proactive subject, rather than an object to be manipulated or controlled…” (43). We should all set limits so we can enjoy …show more content…
Friere states that: "the unfinished character of men and the transformational character of reality necessitate that education be an ongoing activity…” (Freire 32). What he refers to as the “banking method" which highlights “permanence and becomes problem-posing education…which accepts neither a ‘well-behaved’ present nor a predetermined… future roots itself in the dynamic present and becomes revolutionary” (Freire 33). The banking system requires only that the teacher teach the students with the assumption that the teacher is going to get the work that he hands out and nothing more. Due to that core principle, education becomes a predetermined system that is not in room for