The Power of Interest for Motivation and Engagement

The Power of Interest for Motivation and Engagement combines research from educational psychology and neuroscience to explain the important role of student interest in academics and life success. Drawing on cases both in and out of the classroom, the authors examine how interest is developed and sustained by learners, and assessed and interpreted by teachers. This volume is written for people who would like to know more about the power of their interests and how they could develop them: students who want to be meaningfully engaged, educators and parents wondering about how to facilitate motivation, business people focusing on ways in which they could engage meaningfully their employees and associates,…