Learning in Culture and Context: Approaching the Complexities of Achievement Motivation in Student Learning
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 96
Published on 24. July 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
114 pages
978-0-7879-6324-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume describes and critically examines the state of the art in research on achievement motivation in ethnically and culturally diverse groups. The authors address three visible shortcomings in the current literature the problems inherent in decontextualized research, the need to consider culture authentically, and the need to recognize differences within groups. This volume considers the greater insights that come from research that is contextualized, emphasizes individual meaning making, and embraces methods of inquiry that allow for a deep conceptual understanding of the rich and varied ways in which achievement and motivation develop both between and within cultures and contexts of learning. This is the 96th issue of the Jossey-Bass series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-6324-8 (9780787963248)
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Persons
JANINE BEMPECHAT is senior consultant at the Program for Educational Change Agents, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.
JULIAN G. ELLIOT is professor of educational psychology and associate dean at the School of Education, University of Sunderland, England.
JULIAN G. ELLIOT is professor of educational psychology and associate dean at the School of Education, University of Sunderland, England.
Content
EDITORS' NOTES (Janine Bempechat, Julian G. Elliott). 1. The Culture and Contexts of Achievement Motivation (Julian G. Elliott, Janine Bempechat). 2. Parenting Self-Efficacy Among Japanese Mothers: Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives on Its Association with Childhood Memories of Family Relations (Susan D. Holloway, Kazuko Y. Behrens). 3. Learning Models in Different Cultures (Jin Li). 4. Achievement Motivation Across Cultures: Some Puzzles and Their Implications for Future Research (Neil Hufton, Julian G. Elliott, Leonid Illushin). 5. Implicit Theories of Intelligence Across Academic Domains: A Study of Meaning Making in Adolescents of Mexican Descent (Gisell Quihuis, Janine Bempechat, Norma V. Jimenez, Beth A. Boulay). 6. Contexts and Culture in Psychological Research (Robert A. LeVine). NAME INDEX. SUBJECT INDEX.