On Friday, August 7 from 1:30 until 2:50 pm EST, Alison Koenka and Allan Wigfield will co-chair an APA Division 15 session. The session, “Where Do We Go From Here (2.0)? A Continued Conversation on Motivation Theories and Their Implications for Education Policy, Practice, and Ethnically Diverse Student Populations” will include the following motivation scholars:…
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POSTGRADUATE ASSOCIATE – Emotion Understanding and Psychological Well-Being Project Team Do you believe that an emotionally intelligent, empathic, and socially skilled society is a better educated, more peaceful, healthy and successful society? The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, part of the Child Study Center at the Yale University School of Medicine, conducts research and teaches…
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Congratulations to Dajung Diane Shin, who is the recipient of the 2020 Paul R. Pintrich Memorial Award!!! – her award winning paper, co-authored with Minhye Lee, Seoyeon Julie Jung, Yoonah Park, Jiamin Low, Sung-il Kim, and Mimi Bong is “Science Utility Value Intervention in Elementary School Classrooms: Examining Gender and Goal Structure as Moderators.”
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Hi all, EdArXiv (Education Archive, edarxiv.org) is currently seeking nominations for leadership positions for the upcoming year. EdArXiv is a free, open source, non-profit service that allows researchers to post and search working papers, unpublished work, conference materials, and articles under review (preprints). Terms for all positions start June 1, 2020. Nominations are due May 22nd, and…
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Postdoc Fellow Position: Identity and Instructional Practice of Social Studies Teachers A postdoctoral research fellow position to work on a multiyear project funded by the James S. McDonnell Foundation is available in the College of Education at Temple University under the guidance of Tim Patterson and Avi Kaplan. The position focuses on identity change in and the instructional…
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AERA 2020 is canceled. See the announcement from Felice Levine and Vanessa Siddle Walker.
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Dear Colleagues, My graduate student, Karen Gilbert, and I are conducting a meta-analysis on the association between economic status and avoidance motivation. Our aim is to include as many published and unpublished studies in our meta-analysis as possible, and we are hoping that researchers who have collected data on these constructs will contribute estimates to…
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Interested in motivation research that can have a meaningful impact on historically marginalized populations? The AERA 2020 Motivation SIG Keynote Panel is the place to be! “Motivated for Societal Change: Critical Perspectives on Race, Class, and Opportunity in Motivation Research” will feature Claude Steele, Mesmin Destin, and Elan Hope. Session Moderator: DeLeon Gray Date/Time: Sun, April 19, 2:15 to 4:15pm. Location: Moscone…
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On Monday, April 20, after our SIG Business Meeting, join us for the AERA 2020 Motivation in Education SIG Dinner Social! It will be held from 8:30‐10:30 p.m. at Golden Gate Tap Room (https://www.ggtaproom.com/). It’s only a short 15-minute walk from where our business meeting is located, and the cost for the event is $30.…
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The Memory Dynamics Laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis, under the direction of Dr. Andrew C. Butler, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position. The fellow will work closely with Dr. Butler and his collaborators from across the country on grant-funded research that investigates how to implement principles and findings from the science…
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