Token Economy for Sustainable Education in the Future: A Scoping Review

This research aims to examine the use of a token economy for education sustainability. It presents a recent review and evaluation of the token economy used among young learners and learners with special needs for behavior management and learning engagement in teaching. Online articles from Google Sc...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-01, Vol.14 (2), p.716
Main Authors: Tan, Kim Hua, Kasiveloo, Mathura, Abdullah, Imran Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Classrooms
Economics
Education
Environmental education
Impact analysis
Learning
Positive reinforcement
Reviews
School environment
Students
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Teachers
Teaching methods
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Summary:This research aims to examine the use of a token economy for education sustainability. It presents a recent review and evaluation of the token economy used among young learners and learners with special needs for behavior management and learning engagement in teaching. Online articles from Google Scholar, ERIC, and UKMLibrary were used. The terms used for reviewing the articles were token economy, token systems, positive reinforcement, and rewards. The scoping review protocol was used for this study. A total of 60 relevant articles published from 2000 to 2020 were filtered and grouped into three major themes for review: behavior management, learning engagement, and types of tokens. Findings suggested that although previous research had examined the impact of a token economy on behavior management and learning engagement, there was limited research on the correlation between teaching methods and social fairness. Teachers as the main participants in assessing the effectiveness of a token economy, were also lacking. Additionally, the use of social and physical reinforcers was found to assist in obtaining the desired behaviors and learning engagement from participants, thereby enabling them to sustain learners’ interest in future lessons.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14020716