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Teachers’ Motivating Style and Students’ Motivation and Engagement in STEM: the Relationship Between Three Key Educational Concepts
- Source :
- Research in Science Education, 51, 109. Springer Netherlands, Research in science education, Research in Science Education
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- A key theme in the science education literature concerns the reluctance of students to participate in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Self-determination theory (SDT) states that social factors in an educational setting, such as teachers’ motivating style, can influence students’ motivation and engagement. This paper investigates the relationship between STEM teachers’ motivating style (autonomy support, provision of structure, involvement) and students’ motivation and engagement with regard to STEM. Furthermore, the relationship between students’ motivation and students’ engagement is investigated. Thirty classroom observations were conducted in different STEM lessons, to assess teachers’ motivating style and students’ engagement. The students’ motivation was assessed at the end of the school year, using an online questionnaire. The results reveal that STEM teachers’ provision of structure is positively linked to students’ motivation and engagement with regard to STEM subjects. The impact of teachers’ autonomy support was negatively predictive for students’ autonomous motivation, and positively predictive for students’ engagement. A negative relationship between students’ controlled motivation and engagement was found. Based on these results, this study suggests that taking teachers’ motivating style into account in future educational initiatives regarding STEM is highly relevant as a means of stimulating students’ motivation and engagement.
- Subjects :
- Educational sciences
Engagement
Motivation
Autonomy support
05 social sciences
050301 education
Computer-assisted web interviewing
STEM
Science education
Key (music)
Style (sociolinguistics)
Self-determination theory
Education
Negative relationship
Teachers’ motivating style
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Mathematics education
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
0503 education
050104 developmental & child psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0157244X and 15731898
- Volume :
- 51
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Research in Science Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1f1e5217280825e6b491b36585593ded