WILL EDUCATION - A TOPIC FOR EDUCATIONAL- PSYCHOLOGY

Despite a strong interdisciplinary interest in 'self-regulation', rece nt educational research has neglected volitional action and its role i n enhancing self-determination. In the present paper, I will focus on recent research on volitional action in motivational psychology and re late it to historical concepts in german 'will-psychology' and 'will-e ducation'. In the second part, I will discuss applied prespectives, fo cussing on the development of competencies that facilitate conscious s elf-regulation and that can be seen as elements of a developmentally o riented volitional education.