Self -Image Maintenance in an Educational Setting: A Perceptual Control Theory Study of Technical Training
Thalhammer, Bryan F.
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Description
Title
Self -Image Maintenance in an Educational Setting: A Perceptual Control Theory Study of Technical Training
Author(s)
Thalhammer, Bryan F.
Issue Date
2000
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Cziko, Gary A.
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Psychology, Social
Language
eng
Abstract
Results indicated that participants carefully maintained their self-images. What they did and said (including performing the computer task) ultimately supported that maintenance process. However, the maintenance of the self-image was not as straightforward as expected. Unexpectedly, participants directed their behavior to the computer task, considering social disturbances to be impediments to success in the task, which they indicated was more essential to their role as a subject and hence to their self-images. Participants reframed their perceptions of the interaction around the computer task to regain justification in their self-image as good learners and research subjects. The findings suggest that instructional designers and classroom instructors should recognize the active role of the learner in the design and implementation of instructional sessions.
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