REC 340 Lecture 7: TargetpaperFINAL cambridge
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Seminar series sponsored by the british psychological society. Target paper for seminar on 8th may, 2009 to be held at. Goal theory and self-determination theory: theory and current debates. Richard remedios (durham university, u. k. ) and ros mclellan (cambridge university, u. k. ) Introduction to the target paper: the purpose of the first seminar in the series can current theories of motivation inform practice in educational contexts? focuses on theory and current debates. With so many potentially useful theories, it was tempting to try and outline them all. However, we were in danger of writing a book and have therefore chosen to focus on just two main theories, goal theory and deci and ryan"s self-determination theory (sdt). The target paper has been split into two papers, one focusing on goal theory and one focusing on sdt. In both papers, we outline the main theoretical underpinnings and then highlight a few challenges that have emerged for these theories in the last few years.
