The Current State of Motivation Theory: The Self-Regulated Visitor

January 1st, 1998 | RESEARCH

In this article, John W. Lightner, associate professor at Lansing Community College and doctoral student at Michigan State University, discusses motivation theory. Lightner traces changes in motivation theory from the Behaviorist Era to recent perspectives, from reward and punishment to a view of human learners as self-regulated. Lightner also relates this topic to museum practice.

Document

VSA-a0a2q1-a_5730.pdf

Team Members

John Lightner, Author, Lansing Community College

Citation

Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 1064-5578

Publication: Visitor Studies Today!
Volume: 1
Number: 3
Page(s): 13

Tags

Audience: Evaluators | General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits