1,261 search results for “motivation” in the Public website
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Motivating and Motivation in Bilingual Education
What motivates learners in bilingual education to learn English and how can and do teaching practices contribute to that motivation?
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Teacher motivation and teaching
University-school partnerships are important constellations for teachers’ professional learning. The present study investigates how both teacher characteristics and contextual factors are related to teachers’ motivation to participate in the university-school partnership, and the relationship between…
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Teachers' teaching and learning motivation in China
The research project focuses on teachers’ learning motivation and learning performance in professional learning activities.
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Enhancing Moral Motivation for Sustainable Behaviour
Our current lifestyle is not sustainable, and we know it. Our carbon-based economy causes climate change, and our livestock threatens the rainforests. We also know what we ought to do to save the planet: decarbonize the economy and change our diet. However, too many people lack the moral motivation…
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Motivating pupils: finding the right balance
Kim Stroet is examining how the interaction between teachers and pupils influences pupils’ motivation. ‘Children need to have the feeling that they are in control of their own learning process.’
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Enhancing Performance and Motivation in Lower Secondary Education
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Politically motivated crime in light of current migration flows
This project addresses the occurrence of political and ideological biased crimes in light of the recent migration influx in European countries.
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Student motivation and achievement in lower secondary education in a context of differentiated talent development
This project aims to analyze and increase student motivation and achievement during the first three years of secondary school with an intervention that focuses on development of students’ talents.
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of an improved school library and individual feedback on reading motivation
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Why bother? Local bureaucrats’ motivations for providing social assistance for refugees
The author researched the motivations of bureaucrats to integrate refugees into welfare services even when they do not have any legal obligation to do so.
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Motivational signals in public sector job advertisements and how they relate to attracting and hiring candidates
This article examines how motivational signals in job advertisements relate to public employers’ recruitment success.
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BIOMOT: Motivational strength of ecosystem services and alternative ways to express the value of biodiversity
Do sustainability values play a role in motivating people to act for biodiversity in successful projects and in successful leadership action? And how could these values be incorporated in current economic valuation methods?
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Information battleground: Conflict perceptions motivate the belief in and sharing of misinformation about the adversary
Misinformation has emerged as a major societal concern. But why do citizens contribute to the dissemination of falsehoods online?
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Cognitive and motivational components of adaptive and maladaptive decision-making: an integrative approach
How do cognitive, motivational, and affective processes interact to select actions?
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orientations in the wake of a crisis and the role of public service motivation
This study explores public leaders’ organizational learning orientation in the wake of a crisis. More precisely, we study the association between public leaders’ public service motivation and their learning orientation (instrumental versus political).
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Tim Mainhard
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.t.mainhard@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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citizens (not) support democratic innovations? The role of instrumental motivations in support for participatory budgeting
In recent years, the question why citizens (do not) support democratic innovations has attracted increasing academic attention. In this research note, Van Der Does & Kantorowicz for the first time empirically verify what drives citizens’ instrumental considerations in their evaluation of a DI.
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Learning from Foes: How Racially and Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists Embrace and Mimic Islamic State’s Use of Emerging Technologies
This report concerns itself with terrorist technical innovation, particularly with regards to terrorists’ incorporation of emerging technologies into their practices. More specifically, it investigates, through the elaboration of a theoretical learning framework, how terrorist groups can adopt the practices…
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Motivation does not influence teaching quality
Xin Zhang, PhD at ICLON, researched the relationship between teachers’ learning motivation and the quality of their teaching. Defence on 6 July.
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What determines motivation for the teaching profession?
The motivation of student teachers for the teacher's profession depends on various factors. Teacher training can influence the commitment of students. That is stated in the doctoral thesis of Ikupa Moses, who graduates from the Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON) on 7 September 201…
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Cornelis de Brabander
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
brabander@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4045
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Carrot or stick: which is better motivation to exercise more?
Free cinema tickets or a step tracker paid for by your health insurance. Some insurers offer rewards to promote healthy behaviour. But does the threat of losing something like a deposit work better? And what do patients think? This is what PhD candidate David de Buisonjé researched.
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Vaccination policy should respond to the motivations of vaccine refusers
Research by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Erasmus University Rotterdam shows that about 15 percent of Dutch people do not want to be vaccinated. If better use were made of the knowledge of local professionals such as GPs, it would be easier to…
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Public service professionals coping with contrasting demands
Double Bind. Public service professionals coping with contrasting demands. How do public service professionals align their PSM with contrasting demands set by the organizational and social contexts in which they work?
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Emilie Prast
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.j.prast@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ae Ree Nam
Faculty of Humanities
a.r.nam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6415
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Henk van Steenbergen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
hvansteenbergen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3655
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Judith Schomaker
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.schomaker@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Remote prototype labs and student engagement and achievement in higher education
How do learners engage during project-based learning (PBL) and what is the impact of PBL on their learning outcomes?
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.c.k.van.duijvenvoorde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3853
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Marit Guda
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.c.guda@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6344
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Veronica Janssen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
v.r.janssen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Nadira Saab
ICLON
n.saab@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5726
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Memory boost: A novelty-exposure intervention to counteract memory decline.
This project aims to identify which aspects of exploring a novel environment produce beneficial effects on memory. The effects of novelty will be investigated across the lifespan, including children, adolescents and older adults.
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Playing a role – but which one?
How public service motivation and professionalism affect decision-making in dilemma situations. Individuals who work in the public sector see themselves confronted with conflicting values, contradictory demands, and the need to serve an at times difficult to define ‘public interest’.
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Vivian Kraaij
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
kraaij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3736
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Threat and Challenge in Social Contexts
How can cardiovascular responses index challenge and threat motivational states? How do challenge and threat states shape, and are shaped by, social relations?
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Schone Rivieren (Clean Rivers)
What motivates citizen scientists in the Schone Rivieren project to contribute? How does their motivation, attitude and knowledge change over the years? Are there differences in motivation and attitude between different groups of volunteers (clean up vs. monitoring; long-term vs. short-term)?
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Would you like to learn more about a particular subject under the guidance of enthusiastic academics? Or would you like to take a look at a study you are considering and experience what it is like to attend the university?
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University teachers’ learning paths during technological innovation of education
To what extent are university teachers' individual learning paths influenced by their teaching experience, motivation, and conceptions of teaching and learning through educational technology?
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Got a friend in me?
Mapping the neural mechanisms underlying social motivations of adolescents and adults
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Intergroup helping
What motivates people to provide help to, or seek help from other groups? And what are the psychological consequences of receiving help from another group?
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The Buffalo attack – An analysis of the manifesto
In this publication, Prof. Tahir Abbas, Inés Bolaños Somoano, Joana Cook, Isabelle Frens, Graig R. Klein and Richard McNeil-Willson look into the manifesto that was linked to the Buffalo attack in order to better understand the broader context and specific factors that motivated the perpetrator.
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Do autistic teenagers spontaneoulsy help a clumsy researcher?
Spontaneously helping one another, why do we bother? It is believed that lending a hand to others promotes social bonding, helping us to connect with each other and even build friendships. In our experiment, in which the adult researcher ‘accidentally’ dropped matches on the floor, most adolescents…
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Application & selection
Are you interested in participating in a PRE-Class? Then you need to write a motivation letter and complete an application form. Make sure you have permission from your school to participate.
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Master Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences
This page provides information to support your application for the Master's programme of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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Application and selection
The Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability is open for enrollment to motivated second- and third-year bachelor's students of Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasumus University. Additional requirements can be found below.