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Dictionary of Vocational Psychology
Self-Engagement
A central construct in self-determined learning theory (Mithaug, Mithaug, Agnan, Martin, & Wehmeyer, 2003). Exists when learners believe that opportunities for learning in a given situation are: 1) valuable and manageable, and 2) that they will be able to regulate their expectations, choices, and actions to achieve desired results. Self-engagement is closely related to the concepts of self-efficacy and flow. It is especially relevant to adjustment to the demands of schools, but it also is applicable to the demands of work, and particularly to the sort of professional development activities and work-related practice required to acquire expertise.
Websites of interest
Self-determined
learning model of instruction. Page apparently describing grants received
by two of the authors involved in self-determined learning theory (Agnan
and Wehmeyer).
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/sped/tri/selfdeterminedmodel.htm
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Self-Determined
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