ERIC Number: EJ812541
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Nov
Pages: 16
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The Educational Psychology of Self-Regulation: A Conceptual and Critical Analysis
Martin, Jack; McLellan, Ann-Marie
Studies in Philosophy and Education, v27 n6 p433-448 Nov 2008
The multiplicity of definitions and conceptions of self-regulation that typifies contemporary research on self-regulation in psychology and educational psychology is examined. This examination is followed by critical analyses of theory and research in educational psychology that reveal not only conceptual confusions, but misunderstandings of conceptual versus empirical issues, individualistic biases to the detriment of an adequate consideration of social and cultural contexts, and a tendency to reify psychological states and processes as ontologically foundational to self-regulation. The essay concludes with a consideration of educational research and intervention in the area of students' self-regulated learning in terms of the scientific and professional interests of psychologists and educators, and the disguised manipulation of student self-surveillance in the service of the institutional mandates of schools.
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Psychology, Criticism, Intervention, Learner Controlled Instruction, Educational Philosophy, Definitions, Educational Policy, Educational Theories
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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