TY - GEN
T1 - Mini workshop - Understanding motivation in research and practice
AU - Husman, Jenefer
AU - Benson, Laura
AU - Brem, Sarah
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Improving recruitment and retention of students into the engineering disciplines as well as enhancing their learning experience is a high priority amongst engineering educators. To be successful, we cannot focus solely on providing high-quality content, but also how students approach such content - that is, we must consider students' motivation, and how their experiences in engineering education can shape their motivation. However, applying motivation research to engineering education can be quite daunting; there are many theories to master, each of which tackles different aspects of student motivation, and which can be difficult to integrate. What is needed is a guide that helps engineering education researchers and practitioners identify the theories that show considerable promise for engineering education and demonstrate how they might be applied, in theory and in practice. In this session, we will present three theories of motivation: self-efficacy, goal orientation, and future time perspective. We will provide a mini-lecture on each, and then work with the session participants to apply them to research questions and practical problems identified by the participants themselves. Participants will receive several instruments they can use in their own research and classrooms, as well as a brief bibliography covering each theory.
AB - Improving recruitment and retention of students into the engineering disciplines as well as enhancing their learning experience is a high priority amongst engineering educators. To be successful, we cannot focus solely on providing high-quality content, but also how students approach such content - that is, we must consider students' motivation, and how their experiences in engineering education can shape their motivation. However, applying motivation research to engineering education can be quite daunting; there are many theories to master, each of which tackles different aspects of student motivation, and which can be difficult to integrate. What is needed is a guide that helps engineering education researchers and practitioners identify the theories that show considerable promise for engineering education and demonstrate how they might be applied, in theory and in practice. In this session, we will present three theories of motivation: self-efficacy, goal orientation, and future time perspective. We will provide a mini-lecture on each, and then work with the session participants to apply them to research questions and practical problems identified by the participants themselves. Participants will receive several instruments they can use in their own research and classrooms, as well as a brief bibliography covering each theory.
KW - Future time perspective
KW - Goal orientation
KW - Motivation
KW - Self-efficacy
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U2 - 10.1109/FIE.2010.5673569
DO - 10.1109/FIE.2010.5673569
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78751489508
SN - 9781424462599
T3 - Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
SP - F4A1-F4A2
BT - 40th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference
T2 - 40th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference: Celebrating Forty Years of Innovation, FIE 2010
Y2 - 27 October 2010 through 30 October 2010
ER -