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SUMMARY:UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING INTEREST DEVELOPMENT WITHIN FORMAL ED
 UCATION - Dr Luke Fryer\, Visiting Scholar\, Faculty of Education
DTSTART:20160223T163000Z
DTEND:20160223T180000Z
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CONTACT:Ann Waterman
DESCRIPTION:Everyone implicitly understands it. Everyone recognises its im
 portance. It is clearly apart of learning and thereby education. That said
 \, where\ndoes "getting students interested" figure within instructors' cl
 ass/course organisation? Is it as important as the knowledge/skills develo
 pment components of teaching?\n\nThis presentation will begin with a thoro
 ugh review of the development of our academic understanding of interest. T
 he discussion will then review my research examining the role of individua
 l differences within\ninterest. From this general test of interest develop
 ment\, I will proceed to the presentation of an interest model\, explicitl
 y designed to support\ninstruction within secondary and tertiary education
 . Two initial tests\, which are currently under-review\, will then be pres
 ented. I will conclude with the review of beta-software developed for the\
 nmicro-analytic measurement of interest and a discussion of future directi
 ons for the field and my research programme.\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, (Rm
  1S3\, Donald McIntyre Building)
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