This work brings together the experience of educators, trainers and students searching for ways of increasing student motivation. Links between motivation and training, learning and assessment processes are examined through case studies set in a broad range of subject discipline contexts.

Chapter 1 The Art of Motivating Students in Higher Education?, Sally Brown, Steve Armstrong, Gail Thompson; The Impact of Teaching on Student Motivation; Chapter 2 Interactivity as an Extrinsic Motivating Force in Learning, Philip Barker; Chapter 3 Motivation and Approaches to Learning: Motivating and Conceptions of Teaching, Noel Entwistle; Chapter 4 Intervention and Motivation: What Affects What?, Ian Solomonides; Chapter 5 Understanding Motives in Learning: Mature Students and Learner Responsibility, Ron Iphofen; Chapter 6 Teaching: Creating a Thirst for Learning?, Phil Race; Motivating Diverse Students; Chapter 7 Perspectives on Motivation: The Implications for Effective Learning in Higher Education, Della Fazey, John Fazey; Chapter 8 Students’ motivation in Higher Education Contexts, Kim Isroff, Teresa del Soldato; Chapter 9 Age, Gender and Course Differences in Approaches to Studying in First-year Undergraduate Students, Rhona Magee, Ann Baldwin, Stephen Newstead, Hazel Fullerton; Chapter 10 Learner Autonomy Beyond the Curriculum: Students’ Motivations and Institutional Community, Gillian Winfield, Selena Bolingbroke; Chapter 11 Does Gender Affect Students’ Approaches To Learning?, Kay Greasley; Chapter 12 Layers of Motivation: Individual Orientations and Contextual Influences, Linda France, Liz Beaty; The Impact of University Practices on Motivation; Chapter 13 The Effect of Stressors on Student Motivation: A Report of Work in Progress at Sunderland Business School, Gail Thompson; Chapter 14 Undergraduate Research Projects: Motivation and Skills Development, Martin Luck; Chapter 15 Multidisciplinary Student Teams Motivated by Industrial Experience, Paul Wellington; Chapter 16 Motivational Perspectives and Work-Based Learning, Debbie Keeling, Eleri Jones, David Botterill, Colin Gray; Chapter 17 Learning as an Aesthetic Practice: Motivation Through Beauty in Higher Education, Alan Bleakley; The Impact of Assessment on Motivation; Chapter 18 Motivating Student L