Assistant Professor and Head of the Positive Psychology and Education Area of Strength (AOS) Dr Ronnel KING organised a symposium entitled “Cultural influences on Motivation and Learning: Asian Perspectives” at the 13th Biennial Asian Association of Social Psychology Conference that was held on July 11-13, 2019. The symposium aimed to explore the influence of cultural factors on motivational and learning processes, with a specific focus on Asian cultures. Dr Bih-Jen FWU from the National Taiwan University co-chaired the symposium and we were pleased to have Prof Allan BERNARDO from the University of Macau as the discussant.
Two papers on cross-cultural differences in motivation and learning were presented in the symposium by Dr KING and three colleagues from C&I and the Positive Psychology in Education AOS. The first paper entitled “The relationships among parents’ and children’s enjoyment and learning outcomes: Cross-cultural differences in emotional contagion” was presented by Ms Cherry FRONDOZO, Dr Ma. Jenina NALIPAY, Dr Yuyang CAI and Dr Ronnel B. KING. Based on the Hong Kong and New Zealand samples from the 2016 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), they explored the association between parents’ reading enjoyment and their children’s reading enjoyment and achievement.
Dr KING presented a second paper entitled “Family-oriented goals and achievement goals as drivers of learning and achievement: A Philippine study”. The paper looked into how family-oriented goals were associated with mastery and performance goals in a collectivist Philippine context.
Collectively, these papers emphasised how cultural context influences learning outcomes and recognising this is essential to a fuller understanding of motivation and learning in the school context. The symposium was well-received by delegates from different countries and regions. Among the audiences were academics from National Taiwan University and National Tsinghua University.
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