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Self-Efficacy and Future Goals in Education book cover

1st Edition

Self-Efficacy and Future Goals in Education

By Barbara A. Greene Copyright 2018
106 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

106 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

106 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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As the inner resource that drives us to pursue activities, to put forth effort, and to avoid failure, motivation is key to overall well-being. Self-efficacy and future goals are important to understanding and reinforcing the motivation to learn, especially for students in classroom settings. Written by a leading expert on motivation, this book situates the topic within the broader context of... Read more

 

  1. Introduction

  2. Theoretical underpinnings

  3. Self-efficacy

  4. Future goals

  5. Implications for Motivating Others

  6. Conclusions

Glossary

References

Index

Biography

Barbara Greene is Brian E. and Sandra O'Brien Presidential Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

"In this highly synthetic book, Barbara A. Greene draws on a wealth of motivation research to weave together conceptual contributions of self-determination and social cognitive theories with self-efficacy and future goals to provide teachers and parents with adaptive strategies to promote learning. Suggestions include providing informational rather than evaluative feedback, establishing autonomous rather than controlling classrooms, and, consistent with current relevance intervention research, stressing links between classroom activity and desirable future outcomes."

---Stuart A. Karabenick, Research Professor, Combined Program in Education & Psychology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA

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