Cultivating motivation is crucial to a language learner's success–and therefore crucial for the
language teacher and researcher to understand. The third edition of Teaching and …

Fragmentation of processes and interventions plague the psychotherapies (Gilbert & Kirby,).
Part of the problem is that we have not agreed on a framework that could be the basis for …

The study aims to investigate the effect of project-based learning on students' motivation and
their self-efficacy. Project-based learning is an instructional technique which has been …

All learners learn best when they are motivated; so do adults. Hence, the way to ensure
success of students in higher education is first to know what motivates and sustains them in …

This chapter presents Maslow's attempt to formulate a positive theory of motivation. Maslow
believes that human needs arrange themselves in hierarchies of prepotency (ie …

A theory of leadership development is advanced, suggesting that changes in leadership
skills may be viewed from the perspective of a general theory of learning and expertise, with …

Presenting a follower-centered perspective on leadership, this book focuses on followers as
the direct determinant of leadership effects because it is generally through follower reactions …

Compassion is clearly linked to the evolution of caring behaviour, altruism and prosocial
behaviour in general. The last 20 years have seen increasing research into the nature and …

Research shows that unemployment negatively affects a person's wellbeing, which in turn
can impair their ability to regain employment. Studies also suggest a person's 'psychological …

This book introduces music education majors to basic instrumental pedagogy for the
instruments and ensembles most commonly found in the elementary and secondary …