Thank you Emrah for sharing this with us, I can say I've started to support my revolutionary ideas with such great examples. :) The video you've shared also reminded me of this video which is about "born to learn":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=falHoOEUFz0

Dörnyei (2003) says that "theories do not necessarily exclude one another but may simply be related to different phases of the motivated behavioral process". So, under a very broad topic namely motivation, there are various opinions and empirical research and all try to bring an explanation to some parts of this broad and complex concept of motivation. Before deciding on which theory is more fruitful, we should examine all the relevant literature carefully. Actually I value self determination theory but it is not the most accurate one and never will be. Motivation literature is like an ocean. It is more fruitful to bring as many theories as possible to the classroom in order to have a broader picture of it instead of excluding some just in favor of others. I really would like listen to SDT explained and exemplified by you during class time.

Actually, there is a conceptual and theoretical approach to this excellent idea. "Possible Selves" theory developed by Markus and Nurius has some key understanding of the issues related to goal-oriented self, present self and other dynamics affecting our progress towards our deserved or feared future. I guess I'll talk more about this during our discussion, and you can also check this theory out by yourself.

I particularly liked the Swedish example, thank you for sharing. As far as I see, they are also very successful in teaching English because I see everybody in the video speaking English :)

Dr. Barron is a developmental psychologist at Stanford University. She mainly studies processes of collaborative learning. She is well-known for her 5-year-study documenting adolescents' learning ecologies. She is also the author of the article "When smart groups fail", which is one of the most cited articles in Journal of the Learning Sciences and one of the ground-breaking studies investigating collaborative interactions. Below, you can find the link for this study. Moreover, she is co-author of some influential books written by some other key learning scientists. You can also check for these publications from her online profiles provided below:

Her official Stanford page: https://ed.stanford.edu/faculty/barronbj

Her Google Scholar profile: http://scholar.google.com.tr/citations?user=V8bau84AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Her academia.edu profile: http://stanford.academia.edu/BrigidBarron

"When Smart Groups Fail" Article: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/S15327809JLS1203_1#.VDwST_mth2E

Professor James W. Pellegrino is a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois. He is, at the same time, co-director of Learning Sciences Research Institute. His main research interests lie within children's and adult's thinking and learning. With the aim of providing a deep understanding of the issues, he concentrates on the nature of learning, analyses of complex learning and environments, powerful technology tools. So far his research expertise has brought influential results including implications for practitioners and policy makers. He is also co-author of the books "Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment" and "How people learn: Bridging research and practice". In order to have a better understanding of his key position in the learning sciences, please check the links given below:

A detailed profile: http://www.lsri.uic.edu/people/james-pellegrino

His ResearchGate profile: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Pellegrino

An interview on Instructionally Integrated Testing: http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2014/03/05/ndia_pellegrinoqa.html