Prof. McInerney Dennis 麥翰林

Teaching Areas

• Educational Psychology

Research Interests

• Professor McInerney’s major areas of research interest are cross-cultural studies of learning and motivation, self-processes (such as self-regulation, self-concept, metacognition, learning styles etc), instrument design and validation.

Recent and Ongoing Research Projects

• 2007-2008
  Building the future for Singaporean students: The relationship of values, future visions, motivational profiles and learning to school success.
• 2006-2008
  Securing the future: Optimising the success of remote Indigenous students at post-secondary education. A cross-cultural study.
• 2005-2008
  Building the future of Indigenous students. The relationship of future vision, learning, and motivational profiles to school success.
• 2005-2008
  Maximising Real Educational Achievement – The REACH Project: Integrating motivation and self-concept to optimise students’ academic outcomes (with H. Marsh & A. Martin)

Representative Publications

Books :

• McInerney, D. M., & McInerney, V. (in press). Educational Psychology: Constructing learning (5th ed.). Sydney: Pearson.
• McInerney, D. M. (2006). Developmental psychology for teachers: An applied approach. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
• McInerney, D. M., & McInerney, V. (2006). Educational psychology: Constructing learning (4th ed.). Sydney: Pearson.
• McInerney, D. M. (2005) Helping Kids Achieve Their Best. Understanding and Using Motivation in the Classroom (Revised). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
• McInerney, D. M. (2001). Publishing Your Psychology Research: A guide to writing for journals in psychology and related fields. Sydney: Allen & Unwin (co-published with Sage UK/USA)

Books (Edited):

• McInerney, D. M., & Liem, A. D. (2008). Teaching and Learning: International Best Practice. In D. M. McInerney & S. Van Etten (Eds.) Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning.Vol. 8. Charlotte, NC : Information Age.
• Tan, O. S., McInerney, D. M., Liem, A. D., & Tan, A.-G. (2008). What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation. Vol. 7 in Research in multicultural education and international perspectives (Series Editors F. Salili and R. Hoosain). Charlotte, NC : Information Age.
• Marsh, H. W., Craven, R., & McInerney, D. M. (2008). Advances in self research. Vol. 3. Self-processes, learning, and enabling human potential: Dynamic new approaches. Charlotte, NC : Information Age.
• McInerney, D. M., Van Etten, S., & Dowson, M. (2007). Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning.Vol. 7. Standards in Education.   Charlotte, NC : Information Age.
• McInerney, D. M., Dowson, M. & Van Etten, S. (2006). Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning.Vol. 6. Effective Schools. Charlotte, NC : Information Age.
• McInerney, D. M., & Van Etten, S. (2005). Research on Sociocultural Influences on Motivation and Learning.Vol. 5. Focus on Curriculum. Greenwich, CT: Information Age
• Marsh, H. W., Craven, R., & McInerney, D. M. (2005). Advances in Self Concept Research: Theory, Measurement, Research and Application. Vol. 2. Greenwich, CT: Information Age
• Marsh, H. W., Craven, R. G., & McInerney, D. M. (2003). Advances in Self Concept Research: Theory, Measurement, Research and Application. Vol. 1. Greenwich, CT: Information Age.

Chapters in Books:

• McInerney, D. M., & Liem, A. D. (in press), Achievement motivation in cross-cultural context: Application of Personal Investment Theory in educational settings. In A. Kaplan., S. A. Karabenick, & E. V. De Groot (Eds.), Culture, self and motivation: Essays in honor of Martin L. Maehr. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
• Liem, A. D., & McInerney, D. M. (in press). Indonesian students and their citizenship-related attributes: Motivational perspective of the attainment of civic education desirable outcomes. In K. J. Kennedy, W. O. Lee, & D. L. Grossman (Eds.), Citizenship Education Pedagogies in Asia and the Pacific. Springer.
• McInerney, D. M., & Liem, A. D. (2008). Motivation theory and engaged learning. In P. A. Towndrow, C. Koh, H. S. Tan, & D. F. C. Chan (Eds.), Motivation and practice in the classroom (pp. 11-36). The Netherlands; Sense Publishers.
• Liem, A. D., & McInerney, D. M. (2008). Best International Practice in Teaching and Learning. In D. M. McInerney & S. Van Etten (Eds.), Teaching and learning: International best practice.Vol. 8 inResearch on sociocultural influences on motivation and learning. (pp. 3-21). Charlotte, NC : Information Age.
• Da Silva, D., & McInerney, D. M. (2008). Motivational and self-goals of female students in contemporary Japan. In O. S. Tan, D. M. McInerney, A. D. Liem, & A.-G. Tan (Eds), What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation. Vol. 7 in Research on multicultural education and international perspectives series (pp. 191-216) . Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
• McInerney, D. M., Liem, A. D., Ortiga, Y. P. Y., Lee, J. Q., & Manzano, A. S. (2008). Future goals and self-regulated learning among Singaporean Chinese students: The mediating role of utility values of schooling, perceived competence, academic self-concept and academic motivation. In O. S. Tan, D. M. McInerney, A. D. Liem, & A.-G. Tan (Eds.), What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation. Vol. 7 in Research on multicultural education and international perspectives series (pp. 267-294) . Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
• Tan, O. S., McInerney, D. M., Liem, A. D., & Tan, A. G. (2008). West-East and East-West learning: Some psychological and cultural Insights. In O. S. Tan, D. M. McInerney, A. D. Liem, & A.-G. Tan (Eds.), What the West Can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation. Vol. 7 in Research on multicultural education and international perspectives series (pp. 1-10). Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing
• McInerney, D. M., & Liem, A. D. (2008). Individualism/collectivism – fact or fiction? In D. Westen, L. Burton, & R. Kowalski (Eds.), Psychology: Australian and New Zealand Edition (2nd ed.). Sydney: John Wiley & Sons.
• McInerney, D. M., Marsh, H. W., & Craven, R. G. (2008). Self-processes, learning, and enabling human potential. In H. W. Marsh, R. G. Craven, & D. M. McInerney (Eds.), Advances in self research. Vol. 3 in Self-processes, learning, and enabling human potential: Dynamic new approaches (pp. 3-11). Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing.
• McInerney, D. M. (2007). Personal investment, culture, and learning. Insights into the most salient influences on school achievement across cultural groups. In F. Salili & R. Hoosain (Eds.), Culture, motivation and learning: A multicultural perspective. Vol 6 in Research in multicultural education and international perspectives (pp. 169-194). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
• McInerney, D. M. (2007). The motivational roles of cultural differences and cultural identity in self-regulated learning. (Invited) In D. Schunk & B. Zimmerman (Eds.), Motivation and self-regulated learning: Theory, research, and applications (pp. 369-400). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Refereed Journal Articles :

• Van Etten, S., Pressley, M., McInerney, D. M., & Liem, A. D. (2008). College seniors’ theory of their academic motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 100, 812-828.
• McInerney, D. M. (2008). Personal investment, culture and learning: Insights into school achievement across Anglo, Indigenous, Asian and Lebanese students in Australia. International Journal of Psychology, 43, 870-879.
• McInerney, D. M., Dowson, M., & Yeung, A. S. (2008). Impact of support from significant others on adolescents’ academic performance, self-esteem and interest in academic work. Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 25, 48-67.
• Martin, A. J., Marsh, H. W., McInerney, D. M., Green, J., & Dowson, M. (2007). Getting along with teachers and parents: The yields of good relationships for students’ achievement motivation and self-esteem . Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 17, 109-125.
• Yeung, A. S., Yuk Hun Hon, R. & McInerney, D. M. (2007) Learning to learn: How 4 th and 5 th Grade boys and girls differ. Australian Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 24, 69-89.
• McInerney, D. M. (2006). The motivational profiles and perceptions of schooling of Asian students in Australia. Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction. 3, 1-31.
• Dowson, M., McInerney, D. M. & Nelson, G. (2006). An investigation of the effects of school context and sex differences on students’ motivational goal orientations. Educational Psychology, 26, 781-811. 
• Nelson, G. F., O’Mara, A. J., McInerney, D. M. & Dowson, M. (2006) Motivation in cross-cultural settings: A Papua New Guinea Psychometric Study. International Education Journal,7, 400-409 (http://iej.cjb.net).
• Suliman, R., & McInerney, D. M (2006). Motivational goals and school achievement: Lebanese-background students in south western Sydney. Australian Journal of Education, 50, 242-264.
• McInerney, D. M., & Ali, J. (2006) Multidimensional and hierarchical assessment of school motivation: Cross-cultural validation. Educational Psychology:An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 26, 717-734.
• Sinclair, C., Dowson, M., & McInerney, D. M. (2006). Motivations to teach: Psychometric perspectives across the first semester of teacher education. Teachers College Record, 108, 1132-1154.
• Barnes, G., McInerney, D. M. & Marsh, H. W. (2005). Exploring sex difference in science enrolment intentions: An application of the general model of academic choice. The Australian Educational Researcher, 32, 1-23.
• Dowson, M., & McInerney, D. M. (2005). For what should theological colleges educate? A systematic investigation of ministry education perceptions and priorities. Review of Religious Research, 46, 403-421.
• McInerney, D. M. (2005). Educational psychology. Theory, research and teaching. A 25 year retrospective. Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 25, 585-599.
• McInerney, D. M., Yeung, A., & Dowson, M. (2005). Facilitating conditions for school motivation: Construct validity and applicability. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 65, 1046-1066.
• Yeung, A. S., & McInerney, D. M. (2005). Students’ school motivation and aspiration over high school years. Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 25, 537-554.
• Dowson, M., & McInerney, D. M. (2004). The development and validation of the Goal Orientation and Learning Strategies Survey (GOALS-S). Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64, 290-310.
• McInerney, D. M. (2004, June). A discussion of future time perspective: Contemporary Research. Educational Psychology Review, 16. 141-151.
• McInerney, D. M., Marsh, H. W., & Yeung, A. S. (2003) Toward a hierarchical model of school motivation. Journal of Applied Measurement, Vol. 4, No. 4, 335-357.  
• Watkins, D., McInerney, D. M., Akande, A., & Lee, C. (2003). An investigation of ethnic differences in the motivation strategies for learning of students in desegregated South African schools. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 34, 189-194.
• Watkins, D., McInerney, D.M. & Boholst, F. (2003). The reliability and validity of the Inventory of School Motivation: A Filipino investigation. Asian-Pacific Education Researcher, 12, 87-100.
• Dowson, M., & McInerney, D. M. (2003) What do students say about their motivational goals? Towards a more complex and dynamic perspective on student motivation. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 28, 91-113.
• McInerney, D. M., & Dowson, M. (2003). Thoughts about school. Does culture, sex, both, or neither make a difference. Journal of Aboriginal Studies Association, 12, 34-43.
• Barker, K., Dowson, M., & McInerney, D. M. (2002) Performance approach, performance avoidance and depth of information processing: A fresh look at relations between students’ academic motivation and cognition. Educational Psychology An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 22, 571-589.
• Watkins, D., McInerney, D., & Lee, C.(2002). Assessing the school motivation of Hong Kong students. Psychologia, 45, 144-154.
• Russell-Bowie, D., McInerney, D. M. and Yeung, A. (2002) Elementary Generalist Student Teachers' Perceptions of their Confidence and Anxiety in Relation to Creative Arts Education. Academic Exchange Quarterly. Vol 6, Issue 1096-1453.
• Russell-Bowie, D. & McInerney, D. M. (2002) Student teachers’ confidence and anxiety in relation to music education. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 6, 123-136.
• Yeung, A,  S.-Y., McInerney, D. M.,  Russell-Bowie, D. (2001). Hierarchical, multidimensional creative arts self-concept. Australian Journal of Psychology, 53, 125-133.
• McInerney, D. M., Yeung, S. Y., & McInerney, V. (2001) Cross-cultural validation of the Inventory of School Motivation (ISM). Journal of Applied Measurement, 2, 134-152.
• Dowson, M., & McInerney, D. M. (2001). Psychological parameters of students’ social and work avoidance goals: A qualitative investigation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 93, 35-42.
• Yeung, A. S., Cui, H.C., Kau, I. C., McInerney, D. M., Russell-Bowie, D., & Suliman, R. (2000). Where is the hierarchy of academic self-concept? Journal of Educational Psychology, 92, 556-567.
• McInerney, D. M., Davidson, N., Suliman, R., & Tremayne, B. (2000) Personal Development, Health and Physical Education in context: Muslim and Catholic Perspective. Australian Journal of Education, 44, 26-42.

Community & Professional Services

He is on the Editorial Boards of:

• Contemporary Educational Psychology (Academic Press)
• Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, (Routledge, Taylor and Francis)
• Educational Psychologist, (American Psychological Association)
• Educational and Developmental Psychology (Australian Psychological Society)
• Malaysian Journal of Learning & Instruction.(Universiti Utara Malaysia)

Professional Registrations

• Member Australian Psychological Society
• Member of the American Psychological Association
• Registered Psychologist - New South Wales
• Member of the APS College of Educational and Developmental Psychologists

Created: 29 May 2007, Last modified: November 2009
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