Allowing Choice and Nurturing an Inner Compass: Educational Practices Supporting Students’ Need for Autonomy

By A. Assor. 2012

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Autonomy and autonomy disturbances in self-development and psychopathology: Research on motivation, attachment, and clinical process (2016, background): “For example, a meta-analysis by Patall, Cooper, and Robinson (2008) showed that in general the affordance of meaningful choices to people has an enhancing effect on intrinsic motivation (see also Katz & Assor, 2007). Autonomy support is also conveyed by taking the person’s internal frame of referenc”
Learning support and academic achievement among Malaysian adolescents: the mediating role of student engagement (2016, background): “students to personally relate learning at school to their daily life and interests are important in the teaching and learning process (Assor 2012; Hipkins 2012).”
New Conceptual Frameworks for Student Engagement Research, Policy, and Practice (2013, background): “Although student motivation may reflect the direction of students’ energy toward school and/or the classroom (Assor, 2012), engagement is thought to represent the affective, cognitive, and behavioral activation of that energy and direction.”