The Science of Interest
Paperback Engels 2018 9783319934471Samenvatting
This exceptional volume analyzes the intricate roles interest plays in cognition, motivation and learning, and daily living, with a special focus on its development and maintenance across life domains. Leading experts discuss a spectrum of interest ranging from curiosity to obsession, and trace its functions in goal-setting, decision-making, self-regulation, and performance. New research refines the current knowledge on student interest in educational settings and the social contexts of interest, with insights into why interest levels change during engagement and in the long run. From these findings, contributors address ways to foster and nurture interest in the therapy room and the classroom, for optimum benefits throughout life.
Among the topics covered:
· Embedding interest within self-regulation.
· Knowledge acquisition at the intersection of situational and individual interest.
· The role of interest in motivation and engagement.
· The two faces of passion.
· Creative geniuses, polymaths, child prodigies, and autistic savants.
· The promotion and development of interest.
A robust guide to a fascinating area of study, The Science of Interest synthesizes the field’s current knowledge of interest and indicates future directions. Its chapters contribute depth and rigor to this growing area of research, and will enhance the work of researchers in education, psychologists, social scientists, and public policymakers.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Preface: Toward a Science of Interest by Paul A. O’Keefe and Judith M. Harackiewicz
Part I: Theories and PerspectivesPerspectives
Chapter 1: Interest: Knowns, Unknowns, and Basic Processes by Mary Ainely
Part II: The Functions of Interest
Self-Regulation
Chapter 2: The Dynamic Nature of Interest: Embedding Interest within Self-Regulation by Dustin B. Thoman, Carol Sansone, and Danielle Geerling
Motivation
Chapter 3: Interest and Engagement by Paul A. O’KeefeLearning
Chapter 4: The Role of Interest in Learning: Knowledge Acquisition at the Intersection of Situational and Individual Interest by Jerome I. Rotgans and Henk G. Schmidt
Part III: The Interest Spectrum
CuriosityChapter 5: Curiosity by Paul J. Silvia
Situational Interest
Chapter 6: Situational interest: A proposal to enhance conceptual clarity by Maximilian Knogler
Individual Interest
Chapter 7: The Power Within: How Individual Interest Promotes Domain-Relevant Task Engagement by Amanda M. Durik, Meghan Huntoon Lindeman, and Sarah L. Coley
Passion
Chapter 8: On the Two Faces of Passion: The Harmonious and the Obsessive by Robert J. Vallerand
Obsession
Chapter 9: Creative Geniuses, Polymaths, Child Prodigies, and Autistic Savants:
The Ambivalent Function of Interests and Obsessions by Dean Keith Simonton Part IV: The Promotion and Development of Interest
Promotion and Development
Chapter 10: The Promotion and Development of Interest: The Importance of Perceived Values by Chris S. Hulleman, Dustin B. Thoman, Anna-Lena Dicke, and Judith M. Harackiewicz
Social Processes
Chapter 11: How the Subjective Relationship between the Self, Others, and a Task Drives Interest by Allison Master, Luke P. Butler, and Gregory M. Walton
Epilogue:by Judith M. Harackiewicz and Paul A. O’Keefe
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