Synopses & Reviews
Understanding student and teacher motivation and developing strategies to foster motivation for students at all levels of performance are essential to effective teaching. This text is designed to help preservice and in-service teachers acquire the knowledge and skills they need to achieve these goals.
The purpose of this new edition is the same as the first--to present information from the current knowledge base in motivation that offers hope and possibilities for educators--teachers, parents, coaches, administrators--to enhance motivation for achievement.
Motivation for Achievement: Possibilities for Teaching and Learning, Second Edition features:
*Strategy Boxes, providing guidelines and specific applications for using the various concepts presented;
*Exhibit Boxes, including forms that teachers might use for students, and examples of teacher beliefs and practices, and samples of student work;
*Reflections that pose questions to stimulate the reader's thinking about motivational issues inherent in the persons' topics, experiences, and beliefs;
*Points for Review, summarizing key concepts in each chapter; and
*Tables and Graphic Illustrations that aid the understanding of concepts.
New in the Second Edition:
*increased emphasis throughout on educational reform, standards for achievement, and high-stakes testing as they relate to motivation;
*new material on attributional bias (ch. 2); recent research on achievement goal theory, especially performance goals with distinctions between performance approach and performance avoidance goals (ch. 3); phases of self-regulation; examples of classroom interventions to support self-regulation (ch. 5); task value beliefs; enhancing intrinsic motivation (ch. 8); feedback relating to use of rubrics for evaluation and motivation; and
*updates of the literature and research on all topics and reorganized and/or expanded material on: ability and effort framework (ch. 1); gender and help-seeking; attributional feedback (ch. 2); concepts of ability; self-worth; achievement goals and achievement anxiety (ch. 4); teacher motivation; influence of SES and ethnicity on forming expectations; student awareness of differential treatment; teacher efficacy (ch. 6); cultural identity and achievement; teacher support (ch. 7); interest and motivation; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; evaluation (ch. 8); issues and concerns; possibilities for equality (ch. 9).
Synopsis
Understanding student and teacher motivation and developing strategies to foster motivation for students at all levels of performance are essential to effective teaching. This text is designed to help preservice and in-service teachers acquire the knowle
Synopsis
Understanding student and teacher motivation and developing strategies to foster motivation for students at all levels of performance are essential to effective teaching. This text is designed to help prospective and practicing teachers achieve these goals. Its premise is that current research and theory about motivation offer hope and possibilities for educators teachers, parents, coaches, and administrators to enhance motivation for achievement. The orientation draws primarily on social-cognitive perspectives that have generated much research relevant to classroom practice.
Ideal for any course that is dedicated to, or includes coverage of, motivation and achievement, the text focuses on two key roles teachers play in supporting and cultivating motivation in the classroom: establishing the classroom structure and instruction that provides the environment for optimal motivation, engagement, and learning; and helping students develop the tools that will enable them to be self-regulated learners and develop their potential.
Pedagogical features aid the understanding of concepts and the application to practice:
- Strategy boxes present guidelines and strategies for using the various concepts.
- Exhibit boxes include forms for different purposes (for example, goal setting), examples of teacher beliefs and practices, and samples of student work.
- Reflection boxes stimulate readers thinking about motivational issues inherent in the topics, their experiences, and their beliefs.
- A motivational toolbox at the end of each chapter helps readers identify important points to think about, lingering questions, strategies to use now, and strategies to develop in the future.
NEW IN THE THIRD EDITION
- Updated research and new topics are added throughout as warranted by current inquiry in the field.
- Chapters are reorganized to provide more coherence and to account for new findings.
- New and updated material is included on issues of educational reform, standards for achievement, and high-stakes testing, and on achievement goal theory, especially regarding performance goals and the distinction between performance-approach and performance-avoidance goals as relevant to classroom practice.
Table of Contents
Contents: Preface.
Part I: Setting the Stage for Motivational Possibilities. Motivation: Problems, Possibilities, and Perspectives.
Part II: Social Cognitive Processes That Influence Motivation. Attributional Beliefs and Motivation. Concepts of Ability and Motivation. Goals and Goal Setting. Developing Student Self-Regulatory Capabilities.
Part III: The Classroom Climate for Optimal Engagement and Motivation. Teacher Motivation: Expectations and Efficacy. Promoting Optimal Motivation and Engagement: Social Context. Tasks, Recognition, and Evaluation For Optimal Engagement and Motivation. Implementing Motivation Strategies in the Classroom.