Culture, motivation, and learning : a multicultural perspective

The influence of culture on learning and motivation has been the topic of much research in recent years. Educational and psychological researchers are now aware that the findings of their studies may not apply to other cultures, and that in this age of globalization and multiculturalism it is very i...

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Other Authors Salili, Farideh (Editor), Hoosain, R. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : IAP, [2007]
SeriesResearch in multicultural education and international perspectives.
Subjects
Motivation in education > Cross-cultural studies.
Educational anthropology > Cross-cultural studies.
Multicultural education > Cross-cultural studies.
Education > Teaching > Methods & Strategies.
Education of bilingual or multilingual students.
Teaching skills and techniques.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781918115314
DOI10.1108/978-1-60752-601-8
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 398 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • List of contributors
  • Preface. Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Culture, motivation and learning: A multicultural perspective / Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain
  • Part I. Cultural influence on learning motivation
  • Chapter 2. Culturalizing educational psychology / Frank Pajares
  • Chapter 3. Cultural interpretations of achievement motivation: A situated perspective / Revathy Kumar and Martin L. Maehr
  • Part II. Achievement motivation and goal theories
  • Chapter 4. Expectancy and value as predictors of Chinese achievement goal orientation / Irene T. Ho, Kit-Tai Hau, and Farideh Salili
  • Chapter 5. Culture and motivation to learn: Exploring the generalizability of achievement goal theory / Akane Zusho and Hyacinth Njoku
  • Chapter 6. Perception of learning conditions and the quality of cooperative learning / Monique Boekaerts and Daphne Hijzen
  • Chapter 7. Is mastery orientation always beneficial for learning? / Anastasia Efklides and Fotini Dina
  • Chapter 8. Personal investment, culture and learning: Insights into the most salient influences on school achievement across cultural groups / Dennis M. McInerney
  • Part III. Cooperative/competitive learning
  • Chapter 9. Understanding the effect of culture on the pursuit of multiple goals, learning through collaboration: Is there a multicultural perspective? / Alison F. Garton
  • Chapter 10. The nature of competition: The views of students from three regions of the people's republic of China / David Watkins
  • Chapter 11. Competition and cooperation in schools: An english, Hungarian and Slovenian comparison / Márta Fülöp, Alistair Ross, Marjanca Pergar Kuscer, and Cveta Razdevsek Pučko
  • Part IV. School climate, group membership and achievement
  • Chapter 12. Racial identity and academic motivation among African American adolescents: Considerations of racial identity and context / Deborah Rivas and Tabbye Chavous
  • Chapter 13. Achievement motivation among African American college students at predominantly white institutions: Risk and protective processes related to group identity and contextual experiences / Tabbye Chavous, LaToya Branch, Courtney Cogburn, Tiffany Griffin, Jennifer Maddo and Robert Sellers
  • Chapter 14. High school students' engagement in school: Understanding the relationship to school context and students expectations / Cynthia Hudley and Annette M. Daoud.

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