Nicols,+Hank

My name is Hank Nicols. I am a professor at Buffalo State, SUNY where I have worked since 1998. I get to travel a lot. I did 18 international trips in 2013 but I am only scheduled to do about 13 this year. The best part of my job is getting to work with the best teachers in the world!

When I think of the importance of intrinsic motivation I am reminded that when I went to school I was not very good at what the teachers wanted me to do. BUT I was and still am very good at what I wanted to do! The challenge is to make the children want to do what is best for them. Being a teacher is convincing others to learn what you know to be good for them. I think I am good at it!