Research-led explanations of human capacity, learning and technological change. Start with the foundations, then follow the evidence and related ideas as the Learning Hub grows.
A person changes careers and finds that familiar answers to “What do you do?” no longer fit. They may still know their values and abilities, yet feel…
Someone signs up for a professional qualification because it fits work they care about. A colleague signs up for the same course mainly to avoid…
A person wants to finish a report but keeps opening a distracting site. Another wants to eat differently and passes a tempting bakery on the way home.…
A person can follow a rule willingly because its purpose matters, or comply while feeling forced. The visible behavior may be identical.…
A critical guide to Deci, Olafsen and Ryan’s 2017 review of self-determination theory in work organizations.
What self-efficacy means for a defined task, how it changes with experience, and why belief cannot replace ability or opportunity.
A critical guide to Bandura’s 1977 self-efficacy theory, its experimental origins, later tests and causal limits.
Self-leadership is the deliberate influence a person exerts over their own behavior, motivation, attention, and thought. It becomes dangerous when institutions use the idea to make people privately manage conditions that should be changed collectively.
When someone reaches for a cup, they do not ordinarily calculate where their hand ends or ask whether the moving arm belongs to them. Their experience…
Self-regulated learning is the active coordination of cognition, metacognition, motivation, emotion and behavior toward learning goals. It is broader than metacognition and increasingly studied as socially situated rather than purely individual.