BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Memento EPFL// BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Coffee&LEARN: On motivation - Caroline Pulfrey DTSTART:20201203T150000 DTEND:20201203T160000 DTSTAMP:20260919T215319Z UID:35ae651c279ec0d23ae0a112fe7ecf47c713a3f64c9543392136d4c9 CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars DESCRIPTION:Caroline Pulfrey\nHow many times have we heard teachers say\, “Oh my goodness\, that class (or student or colleague) isn’t very moti vated!” We often think about motivation in terms of quantity\, but\, if we are interested in behavioural outcomes such as quality learning\, what is more important is the quality of human motivation.\nIn this session w e’ll take a dive into the mechanics of two of the most influential theor ies of human motivation as well as how they relate to performance\, persis tence and engagement in activities\, be they work\, leisure or health-rela ted. We’ll also have a few activities that will help to understand more about how to recognise the different types of motivation\, as well as how to foster healthy motivational patterns in ourselves and others.\nCarolin e Pulfrey has a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Lausanne a nd has specialised in research in motivation\, individual values and evalu ation methods. She has worked at UNIL (HEC & SSP) as well as in three larg e international management schools. She currently works as a Research Fell ow at LEARN focusing on the Digital Education in Primary Schools pilot sch eme as well as managing the research into COVID distance education project .\n\nSounds interesting? Video recording of the session is available here:  https://mediaspace.epfl.ch/media/0_eadh5zil \n\n----------------------- ---\nThe lunch&LEARN series was created by the Center LEARN to stimulate t he exchange between learning science researchers and everyone at EPFL int erested in teaching. Our sessions seek to either translate learning resear ch into teaching practice or provide evidence and insights from teaching practice. Video recordings and slides from previous sessions can be foun d on https://www.epfl.ch/education/educational-initiatives/home/lunchlearn /.\nDuring this covid-19 impactedd period\, we turned it into a remote c off<