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SUMMARY:Do undergraduates' motivations change as they progress through the
 ir degrees? - Dr Richard Remedios\, School of Education\, Durham Universit
 y
DTSTART:20080603T153000Z
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CONTACT:Patricia Tynan
DESCRIPTION:Do students arrive at university with a desire to learn and ma
 ster their subject but end up just trying to get a good grade?  [Outcome A
 ] Or is it that after years of testing in primary and secondary education\
 , the experience of university with its emphasis on independent learning h
 elps students develop their desire to learn? [Outcome B] Or is it that stu
 dents are fundamentally grade orientated and simply start and end universi
 ty with the goal of getting a good grade [Outcome C]\, or is it that stude
 nts are fundamentally interested in their work and start and end universit
 y with a desire to learn? [Outcome D]. If you had to make an educated gues
 s\, which outcome would you predict?\n\nGoal theorists suggest that in som
 e situations\, our goal is to master a task for its own sake (a mastery go
 al)\, whereas in others it is performed well in order to achieve some goal
  extrinsic to the task\, such as impressing others (a performance goal).  
 In the first part of the talk\, I will outline some of the studies we have
  carried out in the U.K. using standard goal instruments to examine the ty
 pes of goals students have in different years of their degree programme.  
 You can see whether your prediction was supported by our evidence.\n\nIn t
 he second part of the talk\, I’ll be looking at some of the more recent 
 criticisms of goal theory and I’ll spend some time talking about the use
 fulness of the items on traditional goal questionnaires.  Here I shall int
 roduce some of the work we have done in Russia and Latvia examining the sa
 me research questions addressed in the U.K. studies\, compare and contrast
  the findings and offer some explanations for the different results.\n\nRe
 ference:\n\n* Lieberman\, D. A.\, & Remedios\, R. (2007). Do Undergraduate
 s’ Motivations for Study Change as They Progress Through Their Degrees?.
  British Journal of Educational Psychology\, 77\, 379-395.\n\n*Dr Richard 
 Remedios*\n\nI joined Durham University in April 2006 as a Lecturer having
  previously worked in the Psychology department at Stirling University in 
 Scotland. My main research interest is in the factors that influence stude
 nt motivation. I am particularly interested in theories such as goal theor
 y\, social comparison and intrinsic motivation and how far these theories 
 explain the study behaviours of students across all age ranges (e.g.\, pri
 mary\, secondary\, post-compulsory) and cultures (e.g.\, Latvia\, Russia).
 \nI am also very interested in implicit learning\, learning without awaren
 ess and other non-conscious explanations for how humans behave. I am curre
 ntly looking at ways of examining student goals using paradigms that exami
 ne the impact of non-conscious processes.\n\nA few other references\n\n* R
 emedios\, R.\, Kiseleva\, Z.\, & Elliott\, J. G. (submitted). Goal orienta
 tions in Russian university students: from mastery to performance? Educati
 onal Psychology.\n\n* Remedios\, R. & Lieberman\, D.A. (2008). I liked you
 r course because you taught me well: The influence of grades\, workload\, 
 expectations and goals on students’ evaluations of teaching. British Edu
 cational Research Journal\, 34\, 1\, 91-115.\n\n* Remedios\, R.\, Ritchie\
 , K\, A.\, & Lieberman\, D. A.  (2005) The effects of the transfer test in
  Northern Ireland on pupils’ intrinsic motivation. British Journal of Ed
 ucational Psychology\, 57\, 435-452.\n\n* Remedios\, R. and Boreham\, N. (
 2004). Intrinsic Motivation and Organisational Learning.  Journal of Educa
 tion and Work\, 17\, 2\, 219-236.\n\n* Remedios\, R.\, Lieberman\, D. A.\,
  and Benton\, T. G. (2000).  The effects of grades on course enjoyment: Di
 d you get the grade you wanted? British Journal of Educational Psychology\
 , 70\, 353-368.\n
LOCATION:Room 2S3\, Faculty of Education\, New Faculty Building\, 184 Hill
 s Road.
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