Academic Motivation and the Culture of Schooling (Child Development in Cultural Context) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195326814 ISBN 13: 9780195326819

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Decades of research indicate the important connections among academic motivation and achievement, social relationships, and school culture. However, much of this research has been conducted in homogenous American schools serving middle class, average achieving, Anglo-student populations. This edited volume will argue that school culture is a reflection of the society in which the school is embedded and comprises various aspects, including individualism, competition, cultural stereotypes, and extrinsically guided values and rewards. They address three specific conceptual questions: How do differences in academic motivation for diverse groups of students change over time? How do students' social cognitions influence their motivational processes and outcomes in school? And what has been done to enhance academic motivation? To answer this last question, the contributors describe empirically validated intervention programs for improving academic motivation in students from elementary school through college.

About this title

About the Author:

Cynthia Hudley is a Professor at the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education at the University of California in Santa Barbara. Adele E. Gottfried is a Professor of Education at California State University, Northridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195326814
• ISBN 13: 9780195326819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Hudley Cynthia, Gottfried Adele E.