Prof. Deborah Stipek
I. James Quillen Dean and Professor of Education, Stanford University
| Date: | 24 February 2006 |
| Time: | 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Auditorium B6, Ho Tim Building [View Map] |
| Live Broadcast will be delivered at CUHK SCS Central Learning Centre ¡V Lecture Theatre ( Address: 1/F, Bank of America Tower, 12 Harcourt Road, Central, Hong Kong ) |
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About the Speaker ¡§Teachers can motivate students only if they themselves are motivated. They can make students feel valued and secure only if they feel valued and secure; they can foster enthusiasm for learning in students only if they are enthusiastic about teaching. The school culture can make or break a teacher in the same way that the classroom culture can support or undermine students' efforts to learn.¡¨ - from her book, Motivation to Learn: From Theory to Practice Prof. Stipek's scholarship concerns instructional effects on children's achievement motivation, early childhood education, elementary education and school reform. In addition to her scholarship, Prof. Stipek has an interest in policies affecting children and education. She served for five years on the Board on Children, Youth and Families at the National Research Council. While a professor at UCLA, Prof. Stipek served as Director of the Corinne Seeds University Elementary School and the Urban Education studies Center. Abstract of Topic Prof. Deborah Stipek will summarize typical changes in children's attitudes toward learning as they progress through school. She will also describe instructional approaches that have been found to maintain (or rekindle) children's enthusiasm for intellectual work, and strategies that parents can use to support their children's genuine interest in learning.
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