Authored by Eric Ekholm As a lifelong fan of Washington D.C. sports teams, I can confidently say that there are plenty of aspects of the Washington Redskins that motivation researchers don’t want to emulate. Resistance to change, cultural insensitivity, and a recent history dominated by mediocrity and irrelevance, just to name a few. And though…
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??? URGENT CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS Vol. 15, Confronting Antisemitism on Campus Book Series: Equity in Higher Education Theory, Policy, & Praxis Peter Lang Publishing, General Editor, Dr. Virginia Stead Dedication: This book is dedicated to those who lost loved ones on October 27, 2018 in the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre, Pittsburgh, PA. Purpose:…
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Assistant/Associate Professor of Program Evaluation and Research Methods The University of California-Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education’s(GGSE)seeks to fill a tenured or tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the area of Program Evaluation and Research Methods within its Department of Education. About GGSE and UC Santa Barbara The Gevirtz Graduate…
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Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology Institution: Oklahoma State University Location: Stillwater, OK Category: Faculty – Education – Educational Psychology Type: Full Time Req ID: req5806 Position Number: 213417 Department: Ed Fndn, Ldrshp & Aviation (SEFLA) Hiring Supervisor: Dr. Susan Stansberry Hiring Range (Contingent upon available funding): Commensurate Work Schedule: Varied Job Summary The School of Educational…
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Hello SIG Motivation Colleagues, We are conducting a meta-analysis of the relation between goal structures and achievement goals. Although we have already conducted a rigorous search of this literature, unpublished studies can be especially difficult to retrieve. Therefore, we are interested in receiving dissertations, conference presentations, or other unpublished work (master theses, manuscripts that are…
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Call for Chapter Proposals for Teaching Motivation for Student Engagement We are seeking proposals for chapters in an upcoming volume, Teaching Motivation for Student Engagement, part of the Theory to Practice: Educational Psychology for Teachers and Teaching series: http://www.infoagepub.com/series/Theory-to-Practice In an age where the quality of teacher education programs has never been more important, educators…
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Call for Papers: Special Issue “Motivation of Higher Education Faculty: Theoretical Approaches, Empirical Evidence, and Future Directions” Special Issue in the International Journal of Educational Research Guest Editors: Martin Daumiller, Rob Stupnisky, Stefan Janke Optimal performance by higher education (i.e., university, post-secondary college) faculty is critical to society. Effective instruction at institutions of higher education…
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Does Motivation Science have a place in conversations about Social-Emotional Learning? Authored by Katerina Schenke, PhD. Senior Researcher at CRESST|UCLA Social-emotional learning or SEL has become the latest educational catch-phrase. SEL has been broadly defined as “non-cognitive” or “soft” skills, such as interest and engagement, and has been recognized by policy-makers and the broader public…
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We are seeking proposals for chapters in an upcoming volume, Teaching on Assessment, part of the Theory to Practice: Educational Psychology for Teachers and Teaching series (http://www.infoagepub.com/series/Theory-to-Practice). The primary audience for this series is those who teach educational psychology in teacher education programs. In an age where the quality of teacher education programs has been…
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Assistant Professor of Human Development and Learning, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago The Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Human Development and Learning to begin August 15, 2019. The department is continuing to…
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