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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817655803321

Autore

Kytle Jackson <1941->

Titolo

To want to learn [[electronic resource] ] : insights and provocations for engaged learning / / by Jackson Kytle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

ISBN

1-281-36753-2

1-283-73688-8

1-137-30987-3

9786611367534

1-4039-7381-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Disciplina

370.15/4

370.154

Soggetti

Motivation in education

Learning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: To Want to Learn; 1 Educator as Idealist; 2 Gritty Reality; 3 Perspectives on Engaged Living; Part II: Brain, Mind, and Body; 4 Psychology of Involvement; 5 Learning, Motivation, and Biological Systems; Part III: Considerations for Learning and Motivation; 6 Ten Considerations for Better Learning; 7 Six Considerations to Improve Motivation; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Lack of learner motivation is the single greatest challenge before American schools and colleges. When students are self-motivated, they invest more and work harder at learning even if resources are inadequate. Jackson Kytle's provocative book argues that students and teachers waste time and human energy because the conventional curriculum rests on flawed mental models. Hope for change requires a searching critique of modernity as well as expanded theories of human motivation and learning based on advances in neurobiology and cognitive studies. After consideration of existentialism and choice