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- Synthesizes recent developments in theory and research on boredom
- Explores differences in learning environments and whether or not boredom is domain specific
- Examines various types of boredom as well as gender and cultural differences
- Focuses on the ramifications of boredom for K-12 students
- Details how student self-regulation, motivation, and engagement can be improved
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Psychology (BRIEFSPSYCHOL, volume 1)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in School Psychology (BRIEFSSCHOOL)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This brief synthesizes current findings on the many aspects of chronic student boredom, its relationship with negative academic, emotional, and health outcomes, and what professionals can do to best address it. Citing the complexity of this common student emotion, the author spotlights boredom susceptibility during the critical K-12 years. The brief analyzes cognitive and emotional attributes of boredom and identifies emotional skills that can be strengthened to counteract it. In addition, the volume features strategies for educators and school counselors to reduce boredom, both internally and in class.
This stimulating volume:
- Argues that boredom shouldn't be ignored or dismissed as a passing phase.
- Examines various types of boredom as well as gender and cultural differences.
- Explores boredom in the contexts of anxiety and depression and in non-school situations.
- Provides theory on causes of boredom in students.
- Details how student self-regulation, motivation, and engagement can be improved.
- Describes specific roles teachers and mental health professionals can play in controlling boredom.
Boredom in the Classroom is an essential resource for researchers, scientist-practitioners, clinicians, and graduate students in the fields of child and school psychology, educational psychology, social work, and related disciplines.
Keywords
- Academic emotions and student boredom
- Achievement goals and student engagement
- Alexithymia and student boredom
- Anxiety and student boredom
- Attention and student boredom
- Attributional retraining and student engagement
- Attributions and student boredom
- Boredom proneness at school
- Coping strategies and boredom at school
- Disengagement in the classroom
- Emotion regulation and student engagement
- Engagement in the classroom
- Enjoyment, learning, and boredom
- Mastery goals and student engagement
- Motivation and student engagement
- Negative emotions and student boredom
- Nonacademic effects on achievement
- Positive emotions and student boredom
- Self-regulation and student boredom
- Volitional strategy training and student boredom
Authors and Affiliations
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Manchester, USA
Gayle L. Macklem
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Boredom in the Classroom
Book Subtitle: Addressing Student Motivation, Self-Regulation, and Engagement in Learning
Authors: Gayle L. Macklem
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Psychology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13120-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-13119-1Published: 21 January 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-13120-7Published: 05 January 2015
Series ISSN: 2192-8363
Series E-ISSN: 2192-8371
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 88
Topics: Child and School Psychology, Educational Psychology, Social Work