Dr. Avi Kaplan
On this episode, Katie is joined by Dr. Avi Kaplan, an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia. Before that, he was a faculty member in the Department of Education at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Avi’s research interests focus on motivation and identity development, with particular interest in the role of the environment in these processes. His recent research involves the application of the Complex Dynamic Systems approach to identity and motivation, and the use of collaborative design-based interventions for promoting educators’ and students’ motivation and identity exploration around the curriculum. His recent publications include chapters in the 2012 APA Educational Psychology Handbook on the application of motivation theory to educational practice, and in the 2016 Handbook of Motivation at School on learning environments and motivation, and special issues in the Educational Psychologist and in Contemporary Educational Psychology on identity formation and motivation. Avi is a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association, and the Eastern Psychological Association. He is also the current Editor of the Journal of Experimental Education. Avi received his Ph.D. from the Combined Program in Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan.
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Segment 1: Learning Motivation [00:00-18:01]
In this first segment, Avi shares about his research on learning motivation.
In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:
- Harris, K. R., Graham, S., & Urdan, T. (Eds.). (2012). APA Educational psychology handbook. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
- Wentzel, K. R. & Miele, D. B. (Eds.). (2016). Handbook of motivation at school. New York: Routledge.
- Journal of Experimental Education
Segment 2: Methodological Diversity [18:02-35:15]
In segment two, Avi discusses the importance of using a diverse range of methods.
In this segment, the following resources are mentioned:
- Kaplan, A. (2015). Opinion: Paradigms, methods, and the (as yet) failed striving for methodological diversity in educational psychology published research. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 1370.
- Journal of Educational Psychology
- Institute of Educational Sciences (IES)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- RIA # 8: Dr. Nina Huntemann on Learning New Research Skills at Mid-career
- Correction: Joseph Maxwell is a professor at George Mason University, not James Madison University as stated in the episode.
- Recommended resources from Dr. Kaplan:
- Lincoln, Y. S. & Guba, E. G. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
- Guba, E. G., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1994). Competing paradigms in qualitative research. In N. K., Denzin, & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research (pp. 105-117). Sage Publications, Inc.
- Maxwell, J. A. (2004). Causal explanation, qualitative research, and the scientific inquiry in education. Educational Researcher, 33, 3-11.
- Maxwell, J. A. (2012). A realist approach for qualitative research. Sage Publications, Inc.
Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-03:31]: Measuring Motivation
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