Motivational Immediacy

Jonathan E. Taylor is associate professor in the department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, Auburn University, and recent past president of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE). Taylor holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Tennessee (with a cognate in Cultural Anthropology). He was previously a state-certified police academy instructor in Virginia, Maryland, and DC, as well as working in a training capacity as a community police officer in charge of community relations. Since then, Taylor has spent over a decade teaching both undergraduate and graduate students in private and public institutions courses in general psychology, developmental psychology, educational psychology, adult education, learning theory, social foundations of education, educational philosophy, and research methods. He has done numerous conference presentations (national and international), keynote presentations, and professional workshops on the topic.

• 1. Shifting Paradigms SECTION I. FRAMEWORKS OF MOTIVATIONAL IMMEDIACY 2. Learning Engagement and Learning Resistance 3. Motivational Immediacy 4. From Learning Resistance to Efficient and Effectual Learning SECTION II. FACILITATING EMOTIONAL IMMEDIACY 5. Facilitating Learner Engagement Through Resistance Mitigation 6. Facilitating Learner Engagement Through Lesson Plans 7. Facilitating Learner Engagement Through Curriculum SECTION III. DOMAINS OF MOTIVATIONAL IMMEDIACY 8. Facilitating Learner Engagement in Online Learning Spaces 9. Facilitating Learner Engagement in Face-to-Face Learning Spaces SECTION IV. CONCERNS OF MOTIVATIONAL IMMEDIACY 10. Measuring Effectual Learning 11. Value and Ethics in Effectual Learning 12. Effectual Learning as a Paradigm

“As an instructor, if you’ve encountered students with bland smiles and glazed eyes, you can assume they’re not keenly interested in what you’re teaching now. Well, this book may be for you. In Motivational Immediacy: Fostering Engagement in Adult Learners, Jonathan E. Taylor brings his experience in corporate training and higher education to the issue of learner motivation and engagement….Taylor’s writing style is friendly and at times impassioned, as in his rant against designing curriculum around the ability to assess learning objectives: '[T]his bit of nonsense has sucked much of the soul out of the learning that issues from it…Measure what you can, teach what you must' (p. 161). At this point, teachers in the reading audience no doubt jump to their feet and cry, 'Hear! Hear!'….Teachers and trainers who wonder why well-planned lessons fall flat at times as well as anyone who wants a solid theoretical base in learner motivation and engagement will find valuable takeaways in Motivational Immediacy: Fostering Engagement in Adult Learners.”Bonnie Denmark is an STC Member and coordinates the Business/Technical Writing Option at Western Connecticut State UniversitySTC Journal