In anticipation of the largest ever AERA crowd, AERA has already opened conference and hotel registration for the annual meeting in New York City. Go to aera.net, and login to register. Once again this year we’ll be adding our Motivation SIG dinner registration to this same portal. More details will be forthcoming once we know our official…
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Many of our members will be interested in the ICM 2018, which will be held in Aarhus, Denmark, from August 15-17, 2018. The theme is “Design for Motivation.” The Summer School for doctoral students themed, “Motivation & Emotions,” will be held from August 12-14, 2018. For more information, visit the ICM 2018 conference website (http://conferences.au.dk/icm-2018/).
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“Achievement goals of university scholars, professional learning and teaching quality (ZIDO): Antecedents, Consequences and Moderators” The Department of Psychology (Prof. Dr. Dresel) in the Faculty for Philosophy and Social Sciences at the University of Augsburg in Germany is announcing an open position, as of January 1, 2018, for a Scientific Research Associate (wage rates commensurate with…
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The Mot SIG program for AERA 2018 looks to be one of our most dynamic ever! As you may have heard, AERA received a record number of submissions this year and our SIG is no exception. Here are the most recent statistics that we have available on our average submissions: As you can see, the…
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Today we present the eighth installment of “Motivation Mondays,” our monthly video series in which we interview accomplished motivation researchers and consider their unique perspectives about the field. This month, our Monday Motivation Interview Series features Patrick Beymer and Dr. Akane Zusho on the sociocultural role in motivation. Can’t get enough? Check out the extended…
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Please join me in congratulating our newly-elected Grad Student Junior Co-Chair, Peter McPartlan. Peter McPartlan is a third-year student in Learning, Cognition, and Development at the University of California Irvine. His research focuses on how teenage students’ social lives can support or diminish their academic motivation. We want to thank all of the seven wonderful…
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We are eagerly awaiting your submissions for AERA 2018 in New York City. The full call for submissions is available here. Please contact our SIG Program Chair, Hadley Solomon ([email protected]), if you have any questions about the submission process.
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The Canada Research Chair on parenting and academic and vocational trajectories and the Canada research chair on academic motivation, persistence, and achievement are recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a one-year position (renewable) starting in October 2017. While Université Laval is a French-speaking institution, the fellow does not need to speak French to be admissible…
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Today we present the seventh installment of “Motivation Mondays,” our monthly video series in which we interview accomplished motivation researchers and consider their unique perspectives about the field. This month, our Monday Motivation Interview Series features Marissa Green and Dr. Dennis McInerney on the importance of culture in student motivation. Can’t get enough? Check out…
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The SIG for Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SSRL) has been kind enough to share with us their newsletter highlighting several items of interest from this year’s AERA. The featured sections include tributes to Dr. Martin Maehr and Claire Ellen Weinstein as well as innovations in task value intervention, self-regulation as a privileged construct, and cogitations on “Motivation…
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