Editors:
- Covers perspectives on interest ranging from curiosity and situational interest to passion and obsession from key scholars in the field
- Integrates the science of interest with the neighboring fields of learning and motivation
- Addresses how interest can be promoted from a clinical and education standpoint
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theories and Perspectives
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Front Matter
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The Interest Spectrum
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The Promotion and Development of Interest
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Keywords
- educational psychology
- engagement and curiosity in psychology
- goal attainment
- knowledge acquisition
- internality and intensity of interest
- task engagement
- obsession and passion
- psychology of motivation
- savant
- self-regulation
- situational interest
- Carol Sansone
- Carol Dweck
- child prodigies
- the promotion and development of interest
- social processes of interest
- learning and instruction
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Psychology, Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Singapore
Paul A. O'Keefe
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Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Judith M. Harackiewicz
About the editors
Judith Harackiewicz is Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin Madison. She received a Spencer Fellowship from the National Academy of Education, and two major teaching awards: the University of Wisconsin Madison Chancellor s Award for Distinguished Teaching, and the Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award for the University of Wisconsin System. She is a former editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Science of Interest
Editors: Paul A. O'Keefe, Judith M. Harackiewicz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55509-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55507-2Published: 09 August 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93447-1Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55509-6Published: 01 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 232
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Educational Psychology, Learning & Instruction