Notes from Gerald Decelles III’s trial lecture & PhD defense
Last week, I had a great day listening first to the trial lecture and then the defense of Gerald Decelles III’s PhD thesis, and it was so inspiring! Both his…
Tag: self-determination theory
Currently reading Zhou et al. (2025) on “Students’ motivations for feedback seeking: the value of combined monitoring and inquiry”
How do the experiences that students make when seeking feedback influence their motivation for doing it again?
Listening to Teaching in Higher Ed on “rethinking student attendance policies for deeper engagement and learning”
Teaching in Higher Ed with host Bonni Stachowiak is really one of my top 3 all time favorite podcasts. Today, I listened to her talking with Simon Cullen and Danny…
Currently reading Hoan et al. (2025) on “With or Without You? People Feel Less Autonomous During Social Interactions, Except With Close Others”
This is quite an intriguing article! Feeling more related (more belonging?) might make us feel less autonomous (except with people we are super close with)? If, motivated by self-determination theory,…
Currently reading Gülbak & Gülbak (2025) on “Autonomy-Supportive Teacher Behaviours and Their Impact on Student Attendance at University Level”
Student attendance has been a hot topic for a while now. In this study, an impressive 101 interviews with students from one first-year course on what teacher behaviours influence their…
Currently reading Boisselier (2025) on how PhD students’ help-seeking behaviour helps them develop research self-efficacy
I read this paper on the bus this morning, but in a nutshell: it investigates PhD students’ research self-efficacy (i.e. the confidence in ones own ability to do research) and…
Currently reading Shoshani (2025) on “Teachers’ flow, emotional well-being, and optimal teaching and learning experiences”
I’ve been vaguely interested in the persistence of emotions ever since Marlis’ presentation about eco-emotions since at least mine can fluctuate enormously (which makes it very hard to fill in…
Students who say that they cannot be bothered to engage with a task are not necessarily the ones that end up “unsuccessful”
When Rachel sends me something, I read ;-) If students, in their second week at university, say that they “can’t be arsed” to do an in-class exercise — will they…
Guest post by Mattias Lundmark on Self-Determination Theory (Vansteenkiste, Lens & Deci; 2006)!
“Motivation is left, right and centre in learning. Self Determination Theory’s (SDT) is one of the main theories of motivation, and its two founders, Ryan and Deci, are number 6…
Kaur & Noman (2020): A study applying self-determination theory on Students as Partners
I love using self-determination theory (Ryan & Deci, 2000) as a framework against which I check all teaching I develop. Is it even possible for students to feel competence, autonomy,…
