January 1st, 2014 | RESEARCH
What keeps an individual interested and motivates long-term engagement in a practice? This Azevedo article presents a grounded theory of long-term, self-motivated participation based on data gathered through an ethnography of hobbyists’ participation in model rocketry. The author emphasizes that long-term engagement depends on the connection of the activity to the participant’s “larger life.”
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Clea Matson, Author, ExploratoriumRelated URLs
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Audience: General Public | Museum | ISE Professionals | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Education and learning science | Physics
Resource Type: Research Brief | Research Products
Environment Type: Afterschool Programs | Public Programs