Chapter 1 Understanding Motivation in Education: Theoretical and Practical Considerations

Chapter 2 Optimizing Students’ Motivation in the Era of Testing and Pressure: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective

Chapter 3 The Dualistic Model of Passion: Theory, Research, and Implications for the Field of Education

Chapter 4 Toward a Systematic Study of the Dark Side of Student Motivation: Antecedents and Consequences of Teachers’ Controlling Behaviors

Chapter 5 How Can We Create Better Learning Contexts for Children? Promoting Students’ Autonomous Motivation as a Way to Foster Enhanced Educational Outcomes

Chapter 6 Teachers’ Motivation in the Classroom

Chapter 8 An Instruction Sequence Promoting Autonomous Motivation for Coping with Challenging Learning Subjects

Chapter 9 Parental Involvement and Children’s Academic Motivation and Achievement

Chapter 10 Parental Influence and Students’ Outcomes and Well-Being

Chapter 11 Creating an Autonomy-Supportive Physical Education (PE) Learning Environment

Chapter 12 Can Being Autonomy-Supportive in Teaching Improve Students’ Self-Regulation and Performance?

Chapter 13 Translating Motivational Theory into Application of Information Technology in the Classroom

Chapter 14 Focus on Competing for Performance or Mastering New Knowledge? Insights from Discovering the Relations Between Classroom Goal Structures and Students’ Learning in Singapore Secondary Schools

Chapter 15 Promoting Mastery-Approach Goals to Support the Success of the “Teach Less, Learn More” Educational Initiative