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Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2021
This brief summarizes the working paper, "Understanding Motivation: Building the Brain Architecture That Supports Learning, Health, and Community Participation. Working Paper 14," which explains the science behind motivation--the "wanting" system and the "liking" system--as well as how those systems develop, and how…
Descriptors: Motivation, Cognitive Development, Brain, Child Development
National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2018
A healthy, engaged community depends on people achieving to the best of their potential, contributing actively to the economy and public well-being, and helping the next generation to thrive. A complex set of intertwined social and biological factors influences people's motivation to participate actively and productively in schools, jobs, and…
Descriptors: Motivation, Cognitive Development, Brain, Child Development
Karras-Jean Gilles, Juliana; Astuto, Jennifer; Niwa, Erika; Ruck, Martin D. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Little is known about how developmental experiences spanning early childhood through adolescence prepare children and youth to engage with society, and even less so for ethnically diverse Black children and youth. Building from work linking positive youth development (PYD) to civic engagement, this study examined how socialization trajectories…
Descriptors: Civics, Socialization, Children, African Americans
Wray-Lake, Laura; Syvertsen, Amy K. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2011
Social responsibility is a value orientation, rooted in democratic relationships with others and moral principles of care and justice, that motivates certain civic actions. Given its relevance for building stronger relationships and communities, the development of social responsibility within individuals should be a more concerted focus for…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Empathy, Service Learning, Child Development
Zarrett, Nicole; Lerner, Richard M. – Child Trends, 2008
This brief discusses the elements and features that define positive youth development and highlights some ways to support the positive development of children and youth. Specifically, this brief addresses the critical role that particular out-of-school time settings (regular family dinners and organized activity programs) can play in supporting…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Child Development, Family Environment