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Invitational theory was firstly introduced by William Purkey in 1978 in his book “Inviting School Success” and describes an educational framework of learning/teaching relationships based on human value, responsibility and abilities.
Purkey, William Watson, and John M. Novák. Inviting school success: a self-concept approach to teaching and learning. Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1984.