Enabling Human Potential: The Centrality of Self and Identity
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Ulrich Trautwein
is Professor for Educational Science at the University of Tuebingen, Germany. Trained as a psychologist at the University of Goettingen, Germany, and the University of California Santa Cruz, Trautwein received his Ph.D. from the Free University of Berlin in 2002. Before moving to Tuebingen, he worked for several years as a research scientist at the Center for Educational Research at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany. Ulrich Trautwein has published a large number of articles in leading journals of the field. His main research interests include the effects of different learning environments on self-concept, interest, and personality development, the role of self-related cognitions in students’ homework behaviour, and the characteristics of learning environments that promote academic achievement.
E-mail: ulrich.trautwein@ife.uni-tuebingen.de
Jürgen Baumert
Juergen Baumert is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Professor of Education at the Humboldt University and the Free University of Berlin. He is one of Germany's most influential educational researchers, having headed the German TIMSS and PISA surveys. Jürgen Baumert has authored numerous books, book chapters, and journal articles. He has received several honors and awards, including the Latsis Prize of the European Science Foundation, the Franz Emanuel Weinert Prize for the Psychology of Education, the Arthur Burkhardt Prize, and the EARLI Oeuvre Award. His major fields of research and publication are large-scale assessment, cultural comparisons, learning and instruction in mathematics, teacher expertise, cognitive and motivational development in adolescence, and educational institutions as differential learning environments
Kit-Tai Hau
Professor Kit-Tai Hau is Chair Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include structural equation modeling, academic achievement motivation, educational assessment policy, and adolescent suicide. Some of his recent articles have appeared in the Journal of Educational Measurement, Journal of Educational Psychology, and American Psychologist, among others. He has also run a large number of national workshops on structural equation modeling in China and has participated actively in debates as well as policy formation on segregating students by ability, computerized assessment, medium of instruction, public examination systems, and gender discrimination in allocation of school places. (E-mail: kthau@cuhk.edu.hk)
Rhonda Craven
Professor Rhonda Craven is a Professorial Board member of the Centre for Educational Research, University of Western Sydney, Australia and the Co-Director of the Global SELF Research Centre. She is an expert in self-concept research and self-concept enhancement intervention programs and has implemented numerous nationally and internationally funded research projects. As an educational psychologist, both her research and teaching focus is on self-concept enhancement in educational settings that impact on academic outcomes and psycho-social constructs that underpin life potential and well-being. She has conducted numerous workshops for teachers on self-concept enhancement based on evidence found in her research that is widely recognized internationally.
Maher Abu Hilal
Professor Maher Abu-Hilal graduated from the University of California at Riverside. He is a member of the Self Research Center and AERA. He has published several articles in international journals (e.g., Journal of Cross-cultural Psychology, Educational Psychology, Psychological Reports) and regional journals; and presented papers in international, regional and local conferences (e.g. AERA, ICP, SELF). His research interest is in self-concept, attitudes, achievement, motivation, anxiety and teacher burnout. He spent 19 years as a faculty member at the United Arab Emirates University during which he worked as consultant to the Ministry of Higher Education in Palestine for two years. He was involved in the assessment program of students' outcomes at the UAE University. Currently, he is the dean of education at Al Ain University of Science and Technology
Herbert W. Marsh
Professor Herbert Marsh (BA-Hons, Indiana, MA; PhD, UCLA; DSc, UWS, Aust Acad of Soc Sci) is Professor of Education, Oxford University. Prior to that he was Research Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Western Sydney where he was Dean of Graduate Research Studies, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Research, and recipient of the inaugural Doctorate of Science and the inaugural Vice Chancellor's award for PhD Supervision. He founded SELF Research Centre that has 450 members and satellite centers at leading Universities around the world. He has been recognized as the most productive educational psychologist in the world and the 11th most productive researcher across all disciplines of psychology. His major Research/Scholarly interests include self-concept and motivational constructs; evaluations of teaching effectiveness; developmental psychology, quantitative analysis; sports psychology; the peer review process; gender differences; peer support and anti-bullying interventions.
Dennis McInerney
Dennis McInerney is Chair Professor of Educational Psychology at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Previous to this Professor McInerney was Research Professor and Associate Dean (Education Research) at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore having served for a period as Vice-Dean (Research and Methodology) within the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice. He has also held the post of Research Professor and Associate Director of the Self Research Centre at the University of Western Sydney. Then continue as before. He has published over 200 research articles in refereed international journals, books and conferences. He edits two prestigious international research series, Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning (Vols 1-7) and International Advances in Self Research (Vols 1-3). Professor McInerney has written a number of textbooks including Educational Psychology: Constructing Learning (Pearson 4th Edition, 2006) which is the best selling educational psychology text in Australia;Developmental Psychology for Teachers Helping Kids Achieve Their Best: Understanding and Using Motivation in the Classroom and Publishing Your Psychology Research. Professor McInerney is on the Editorial Boards of many journals such as Educational Psychology, Contemporary Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, Educational and Developmental Psychology and Malaysian Journal of Learning & Instruction and reviews for over a dozen international research journals including British Journal of Educational Psychology, Educational and Psychological Measurement, etc.
Email: dennis.mcinerney@nie.edu.sg
Ralf Schwarzer
Ralf Schwarzer is Professor of Psychology at the Freie University of Berlin, Germany, and Adjunct Professor at York University, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in 1973, and was appointed Professor of Education in 1974, Psychology in 1982. After sabbatical leaves at the University of California, Berkeley, and Los Angeles, he was Visiting Professor at The Chinese University, Hong Kong, and at York University, Canada. He has published about 400 papers, founded Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: An International Journal, and was Past-President of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR), Past-President of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), and Past-President of the Health Psychology Division of the International Association for Applied Psychology (IAAP). His research focus lies on stress, coping, social support, self-efficacy, and health behaviors. In 2007, he received the German Psychology Award.
Martin Maehr
Martin L. Maehr is currently Professor Emeritus, The Combined Program in Education and Psychology, The University of Michigan. He was previously Chair of the program. Prior to coming to the University of Michigan he was Director and Professor at the Institute for Child Behavior and Development and Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska and later was granted an NIMH fellowship for pursuing his research with fellow scholars at Syracuse University. He has also been granted research support from the NIH, USOE and NSF and from various other federal, state and private funding agencies. His research is currently supported by NSF and the Spencer Foundation. He maintains an enduring interest in multiple fields, including most especially a special interest on culture, motivation and achievement.
