Interest-driven creator theory: towards a theory of learning design for Asia in the twenty-first century

• Main Authors: Chan, Tak Wai, Looi, Chee Kit, Chen, Wenli, Wong, Lung Hsiang, Chang, Ben, Liao, Calvin C. Y., Cheng, Hercy, Chen, Zhi Hong, Liu, Chen Chung, Kong, Siu Cheung, Jeong, Heisawn, Mason, Jon, So, Hyo Jeong, Murthy, Sahana, Yu, Fu Yun, Wong, Su Luan, King, Ronnel B., Gu, Xiaoqing, Wang, Minhong, Wu, Longkai, Huang, Ronghuai, Lam, Rachel, Ogata, Hiroaki
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54326/1/Interest-driven%20creator%20theory.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54326/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40692-018-0122-0

Asian education is known for its examination-driven orientation, with the downsides of distorting the processes of learning and teaching, diminishing students’ interest in learning, and failing to nurture twenty-first century competencies among students. As a group of Asian researchers, we have been...