Helping Kids Achieve Their Best: Motivation – Theories and Practices, Edition 2
About this ebook
Comprehensively updated, this second edition includes a new chapter on student achievement emotion. Throughout the text, each chapter includes a variety of examples and research-based tools that can be put into action immediately, along with vignettes, question points, action stations, and recommended readings, which help educators apply the suggested approaches in their own contexts. The book is hands on and interactive, inviting readers to recall challenges they have faced in their own teaching or parenting experiences and to apply what they have learned to better understand and cope with these challenges more effectively.
This book is an essential resource for pre- and in-service teachers, as well as parents who aspire to motivate their children and help them achieve their best.
About the author
Dennis M. McInerney is an Honorary Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong. Prior to this, he was Chair Professor of Educational Psychology and Associate Vice President (Research and Development) and Co-Director of the Assessment Research Centre of the University. Professor McInerney continues research consultancies with a range of international universities and individuals.
Gregory Arief D. Liem is an Associate Professor at Psychology and Child & Human Development Academic Group, National Institute of Education, an institute of Nanyang Technological University. His research interest centers on understanding student motivation, engagement, and well-being through a sociocultural lens.
