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Knight, Peter; Tait, Jo; Yorke, Mantz – Studies in Higher Education, 2006
Educational professional development is a global concern. It is often characterised by event-delivery methods, though there are signs that other approaches are gaining favour. The authors stress the significance of non-formal learning, and the ways in which it can be promoted and enhanced within the activity systems within which teachers in higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Education, Higher Education, Faculty Development
Schiefele, Ulrich; And Others – 1988
A theory of interest is presented, with comments on the assessment of interest in a student. The concept of interest as an affective state, elicited by certain characteristics of the material, is not sufficient, since situational factors do not seem solely responsible for making information more interesting. The educational interest theory here…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Intentional Learning, Interest Research