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Upcoming events/ conferences:
- TBA
Past events/ conferences:
- Seminar Featuring Deci and Ryan
- Motivating the Gifted Learner
- Round Table Discussion
- MERL NIE Faculty Sharing Sessions (25 Feb 2010) - Dr Zhou Mingming
- MERL Graduate Students Seminars (3 Mar 2010) - A/P John Wang
- MERL NIE Faculty Sharing Sessions (12 Mar 2010) - A/P Alex Yeung
- MERL Graduate Students Seminars (24 Mar 2010) - A/P John Wang
- MERL Graduate Students Seminars (9 Apr 2010) - A/P John Wang
- MERL NIE Faculty Sharing Sessions (22 Apr 2010) - A/P Nie Youyan
- MERL Graduate Students Seminars (6 May 2010) - Lilian Chua
- MERL Graduate Students Seminars (5 May 2010) - Miss Coral Lim & Dr Adrain Kee
Upcoming Events/ Conferences
Past Events/ Conferences
Nurturing the Active Learners and the Effects of Assessment on High Quality Learning
Dates: 19 January 2010
Time: 2.30pm to 5.30pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Block 6, Level 1 (NIE 6-01-LT1), NIE Main Campus
Simultaneous telecast at LT12, Block 7, Level 1 (NIE 7-01-LT12)
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Session 1: Effects of External Factors on Motivation and their Implications for Education and Testing
Presented by Professor Edward Deci
The presentation will review research focused on how to maintain and enhance intrinsic motivation and will specifically address the effects of educational tests on student motivation. Tests can serve an important informational function, and they can also serve a controlling function. Depending on which is more salient, the tests will either promote or impair high quality learning.
Session 2: Nurturing the Active Learner: Classroom Practices Associated with Student Motivation, Well-being and Performances
Presented by Professor Richard Ryan
In this talk Prof Ryan will discuss the impact of teaching styles on student engagement and performance. He will address how teachers’ support for students’ feelings of autonomy, competence and relatedness in the classroom can enhance intrinsic motivation and internalization of values for school, a result found across developmental levels and cultural contexts. More importantly he will discuss the barriers to teachers’ ability to support students’ psychological needs, and the institutional supports needed by teachers to develop high quality learning environments.
Course Fee
All participants— S$60.00 (inclusive of 7% GST)
Closing date for applications:
Registration is closed.
Jointly organised by:
Motivation in Educational Research Lab, NIE
Asia-Pacific Educational Research Associations (APERA - www.aperahk.org)
Graduate Programmes and Research Office, NIE
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Motivating the Gifted Learner:
Classroom Practices Associated with Student Motivation, Performance, and Wellness
Speakers: Edward L. Deci and Richard M. Ryan (University of Rochester)
Date: 21 January 2010
Time: 2.30pm - 5.30pm
Venue: Hwa chong Institution
Although students identified as gifted have high abilities, they vary considerably in their motivation and willingness to apply their skills. A primary issue for teachers is thus how to best facilitate and maintain their students’ motivation and interest. In this talk Drs. Deci and Ryan will discuss the critical aspects of teaching styles that are associated with enhanced student engagement and performance. They will address how teachers’ classroom and instructional practices can affect students’ feelings of autonomy, competence, and relatedness in the classroom, and thereby enhance intrinsic motivation and internalization of values for school. They will also address many of the specific issues facing gifted students from parental pressure to testing and assessment. In addition Deci and Ryan will discuss the barriers to teachers ability to support students’ psychological needs, and the institutional supports needed by teachers to develop high quality learning environments.
Jointly organised by:
Motivation in Educational Research Lab, NIE
Gifted Education Branch, MOE
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Round Table Discussion:
Meeting the challenges of 21st century
Implications for Teacher Education and Development
National Institute of Education
1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore 637616
Friday, 22 January 2010, 9.00am – 10.30 am
Lecture Theatre 5
Synopsis:
Recent report world’s best performing school systems by Mckinsey & Company (2007) pointed out that the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers. A 2008 report by the International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes states that teachers are required “to engage with the moral and social purposes of schooling…to value and sustain the intellect, to work collaboratively with other stakeholders in education, to be responsible and accountable and to be committed to lifelong learning and reflexivity.” This round table discussion will focus on the key thrusts in teacher education from Initial Teacher Preparation to Teacher Professional Development that nurtures the 21st century teachers.
Discussants:
- Professor Edward L. Deci is the Professor of Psychology and Gowen Professor in the Social Sciences at the University of Rochester.
- Professor Richard M. Ryan is the Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry & Education at the University of Rochester.
- Professor Lee Sing Kong is the Director of National Institute of Education.
- Professor Paul Teng is the Dean of Graduate Programmes of National Institute of Education.
- Ms. Sum Chee Wah is the Director of Educational Programmes, MOE.
Moderator:
- Professor Tan Oon Seng is the Dean of Foundation Programmes at National Institute of Education
For enquiries, please email Ms. Chua Bee Leng.
Organised by:
Strategic Planning & Corporate Services, NIE
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February 2010 MERL NIE Faculty Sharing Session
"Use of Computer Technology to Advance Educational Research"
| Speaker : | Dr Zhou Mingming from Psychological Studies |
| Date : | 25 February 2010 (Thu) |
| Time : | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
| Venue: | PE block; NIE5-02-04A (Health Science and Anatomy Room A) |
Synopsis:
The role of social context in self-regulation has evolved over the last 20 years, moving along a continuum from more individual constructivist perspectives to more social constructionist perspectives of learning. Contemporary perspectives of learning and SRL reveal: (a) increased interest in explaining the role of social and contextual influences on SRL; and (b) shifts to models that place social context in the socio-cultural centre of SRL.
The goals of this talk are twofold. First, I provide an overview of the various SRL measures and assessment tools currently available to researchers and evaluate them in terms of how they contribute to researching social aspect of SRL. Second, I describe my research program in which a state-of-the-art software tool affords opportunities to advance educational research on SRL by borrowing computer data mining techniques with regards to: (a) social construction of self-regulated learning; (b) the use of real time feedback to support SRL; and (c) measurement and assessment opportunities and challenges.
Organised by:
Motivation in Educational Research Lab, NIE
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12 March 2010 MERL NIE FACULTY SHARING
Sense of Competence: Does it Matter?
| Speaker : | A/P Alex Yeung (CRPP) |
| Date : | 12 March 2010 (Fri) |
| Time : | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
| Venue: | PESS Journal Room (NIE Blk 5 Level 3) |
Synopsis:
The role of a sense of competence in academic environments is often taken seriously by most researchers and practitioners. Students’ academic self-concept, for example, is known to influence academic outcomes including desirable learning behaviours and academic achievement. Hence the answer to the question: “Does it matter?” seems to be a simple “Yes”. In this session, I will share my recent research on the associations of sense of competence with achievement, academic outcomes, and other psychological variables and illustrate that this simple positive answer can be challenged.
Organised by:
Motivation in Educational Research Lab, NIE
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3 Mar 2010 MERL Graduate Students Seminar
" Introduction to Cluster Analysis"
| Speaker : | A/P John Wang from Physical Education and Sports Science |
| Date : | 3 March 2010 (Wed) |
| Time : | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
| Venue: | PESS Journal Room (NIE Blk 5 Level 3) |
Organised by:
Motivation in Educational Research Lab, NIE
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24 March 2010 MERL Graduate Students Seminar
"Factor Analysis: From Exploratory to Confirmatory"
| Speaker : | A/P John Wang from Physical Education and Sports Science |
| Date : | 24 March 2010 (Wed) |
| Time : | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
| Venue: | PESS Journal Room (NIE Blk 5 Level 3) |
Organised by:
Motivation in Educational Research Lab, NIE
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9 April 2010 MERL Graduate Students Seminar
"Introduction to ANOVA & MANOVA"
| Speaker : | A/P John Wang from Physical Education and Sports Science |
| Date : | 9 April 2010 (Fri) |
| Time : | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
| Venue: | PESS Journal Room (NIE Blk 5 Level 3) |
Organised by:
Motivation in Educational Research Lab, NIE
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22 April 2010 MERL NIE Faculty Sharing Seminar
"Optimum Motivation:
The key Issue to Achieve Quality and Equality in Education"
| Speaker : | A/P Nie Youyan from Psychlogical Studies |
| Date : | 22 April 2010 (Thu) |
| Time : | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
| Venue: | PESS Journal Room (NIE Blk 5 Level 3) |
Synopsis: Everyone should have the chance to achieve the best that is possible for them. How to create a motivating environment for students and teachers to help them fulfill their potential and achieve their best? In this session, I will review the theoretical development on achievement goal theory and present a number of empirical studies conducted in Singaporean context.
Organised by:
Motivation in Educational Research Lab, NIE
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6 May 2010 MERL Graduate Students Seminar
"Achievement Motivation in Sports:
Goals, Beliefs and Outcomes (Thesis Proposal)"
| Speaker : | Lilian Chua |
| Date : | 6 May 2010 (Thu) |
| Time : | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
| Venue: | PESS Journal Room (NIE Blk 5 Level 3) |
Organised by:
Motivation in Educational Research Lab, NIE
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5 May 2010 MERL Graduate Students Seminar
"Physical Education Behavioral Regulations"
| Speaker : | Ms Coral Lim from Physical Education and Sports Science |
| Date : | 5 May 2010 (Wed) |
| Time : | 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm |
| Venue: | PESS Journal Room (NIE Blk 5 Level 3) |
Synopsis:
One of the primary functions of contemporary physical education (PE) is to prepare students for a lifetime of physical activity (PA: Sallis and McKenzie, 1991). Thus, an important outcome of the teaching-learning process of PE is a physically active student who also demonstrates the intention to be active outside of the school context and/or after graduation (Hein, Müür, & Koka, 2004). The different types of behavioral regulations central to self-determination theory reflect qualitatively different reasons for a chosen behaviour. Clearly, moving towards autonomous forms of behavioural regulation is advisable for higher levels of intention and sustained adherence in PA, since they are likely to involve stronger feelings of personal investment, autonomy and self-identification. The purpose of this study is to examine the PE behavioral regulations of students and using cluster analysis, determine clusters of students with distinctive motivational profiles. With a better insight into the motivational profiles of the students, PE teachers can design better interventions and/or adopt more effective strategies in achieving the outcome of physically active students for life.
"Higher enjoyment among mindful learners
in a self-controlled motor learning task"
| Speaker : | Dr Adrian Kee from Physical Education and Sports Science |
| Date : | 5 May 2010 (Wed) |
| Time : | 3:45pm - 4:30pm |
| Venue: | PESS Journal Room (NIE Blk 5 Level 3) |
Synopsis:
Intrinsic motivation in learning has always been an important issue for educationalists. This study examined whether learners of varying dispositional mindfulness would report differing enjoyment as they learn a novel motor task – the rollerball task. All 32 participants were given autonomy to regulate their task difficulty from trial to trial during the learning task over a five day period. Differences in enjoyment between the more and less mindful learners were observed.
Organised by:
Motivation in Educational Research Lab, NIE
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