ABSTRACT
What value might interests offer beyond childhood? How might all educational settings recognise and tap into learners’ interest-fuelled motivations to promote and extend learning? I report on a narrative study of five young adults to explore these questions. Findings suggest that interests provided sources of motivation, achievement, enjoyment, and satisfaction in their lives, inside and outside of education. Interests also sustained the participants during difficult times. Interests led to academic, intellectual, and affective outcomes, and were critical in capabilities and identities development to date. These findings have strong alignment with the arguments and concepts presented in earlier chapters.
