Living a Motivated Life : A Memoir and Activities / Raymond J. Wlodkowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wlodkowski, Raymond J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motivation (Psychology).

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Personality.

Wlodkowski, Raymond J--Psychology.

Wlodkowski, Raymond J.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Boston : Brill | Sense, 2019.

Summary:

"What if, as psychologists and adult educators advocate, a person chose a life where his motivation for the work itself determined what he did? Living a Motivated Life: A Memoir and Activities follows the author through forty years, revealing how he selected vocational pursuits guided by his understanding of intrinsic motivation and transformative learning . As a compass for relevant decisions, these ideas gave energy and purpose to how he lived, and an instinct as sure as sight for the future. Written with nuance, humor, and unpredictability, this story renders how he came to appreciate learning for the pleasure of learning. Facing similar challenges as those of today’s first generation college students, the memoir narrates his unexpected college enrollment, his friendship with an ancient history professor, and his triumphs and travails as teacher, psychologist, human relations specialist, psychotherapist, and adult educator. This is the first memoir of someone who consciously chose to lead a professional life to experience flow on a daily basis. It is an important step in the integration and evolution of intrinsic motivation theory and transformative learning. But it reaches beyond this outcome, sharing how the author aspired to be better at what he valued and showing how he discovered and extended these ideas to others." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Real Life Education

Sister Mary Desiderata

Having a Ball

Doing Duty

Lucking Out

Learning to Flow

Transformative Friendship

Teacher Newbie

Teaching Troubles

There Are Ways

Entering a Life of Study

Human Relations

Therapy Lessons

Adult Learning

Perspectives and Connections

Conversations of Respect

Activities

An Overview of Intrinsic Motivation, Flow, and Vital Engagement

Transformative Learning: A Partner to Intrinsic Motivation throughout Life

Learning to Evoke and Sustain Intrinsic Motivation with Transformative Learning.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004388346

9789004388345

9004388338

9789004388338

OCLC:

1056197840

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004388345 DOI