Lecture: The relation between teacher and student motivation: Perspectives on ...

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Title: The relation between teacher and student motivation: Perspectives on self-determination theory
Description: The investigation of conditions of self-determined teacher motivation and their effects on classroom instruction and students’ learning motivation is the focus of this paper. The topic teacher motivation and particularly the conditions and outcomes of teacher motivation seldom have been the purpose of empirical research. Previous research has predominantly focused either on teacher motivation or student motivation. In a survey study including more than 2500 students and their teachers from Austrian secondary schools, the students’ and the teachers’ perspective was taken into account. Following self-determination theory (Deci & Ryan, 2002) it is proposed that perceived support of basic psychological needs (support of autonomy, competence, and social relatedness) have an impact on teachers’ and students’ self-determined motivation. The results of structural equation models show that teachers perceived need support at their work places is directly and indirectly associated with their autonomous motivation to teach, with classroom instruction (perceived by students) and with students’ autonomous motivation towards learning. The study seeks to make both a theoretical and practical contribution.
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Type: Registered lecture
Homepage: http://aapc2010.uni-klu.ac.at/index.php?cat=aapc_int
Event: 9th Alps-Adria Psychology Conference (Klagenfurt (A))
Date: 17.09.2010
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Organisation Address
Fakultät für Kultur- und Bildungswissenschaften
  Institut für Unterrichts- und Schulentwicklung
Sterneckstraße 15
9020 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
Austria
   office-ius@aau.at
http://ius.aau.at
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Sterneckstraße 15
AT - 9020  Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

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  • 5507 - Motivational psychology
  • 5508 - Educational psychology
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  • Science to Science (Quality indicator: n.a.)
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