In this study, the contributions of learning motivation, reasoning ability, learning orientation and gender to International Baccalaureate and National Program students&rsquo / mitosis and meiosis achievement was investigated. Participants of the study were 472 ninth grade students from a private high school in Ankara. Two hundred nineteen students (46%) were in International Baccalaureate Program and two hundred fifty three (54%) were in National Program. The study was conducted during the 2006-2007 Spring semester. Prior to the introduction of mitosis and meiosis topics, students&rsquo / motivations toward biology learning (self efficacy, active learning strategies, science learning value, performance goals, achievement goals, learning environment stimulation), formal reasoning abilities and learning approaches were measured by Students&rsquo / Motivation Towards Biology Learning Questionnaire, Test of Logical Thinking Ability scale and Learning Approach Questionnaire respectively. After the topics have been covered, a 20 item Mitosis and Meiosis Achievement Test was used to measure achievement in mitosis and meiosis topics. Multiple regression analysis revealed that achievement was explained in positive direction by formal reasoning ability and in negative direction by active learning strategies and rote learning in National Program classes. Self-efficacy and formal reasoning ability had significant contributions to achievement for International Baccalaureate students. The main predictor of achievement was formal reasoning ability for both International Baccalaureate and National Program students, explaining 4.7% and 10.9% variance respectively. Moreover, while 2.9% of the variance in achievement was explained by self efficacy in International Baccalaureate classes, rote learning explained 2.2% of the variance in achievement in negative direction in National Program classes.

An increasing number of community colleges in the United States are becoming baccalaureate-granting institutions. Proponents of the community college baccalaureate (CCB) argue that the CCB provides students with access to higher education, while others argue the CCB will compromise the community college's core values. The purpose of this study is to explore faculty members' intention to support the CCB transition. Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior provides the theoretical framework for the study. The theory assumes that changes in behavior are intentional and, therefore, can be planned. This theory posits that attitudes, subjective (social) norms, and perceived behavioral control predict intentions to support a behavior and, ultimately, to behave in a certain way. Full-time faculty members from two community colleges in Florida were invited to participate in the Web-based survey; 95 of the 317 faculty members invited to participate in the study chose to complete the survey, representing a 30% response rate. Pearson product-moment correlations were calculated among the direct measures and their underlying beliefs indicate significant relationships among (a) attitude and behavioral beliefs (r = .46, p = .01) and (b) subjective norms and normative beliefs (r = .48, p = .01). Correlation analysis among the direct measures and behavioral intention indicate significant relationships among (a) attitude and behavioral beliefs (r = .82, p = .01), (b) subjective norms and normative beliefs (r = .22, p = .05), and (c) perceived behavioral control and behavioral intention (r = .34, p = .01). The multiple linear regression analysis indicated the linear combination of attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control account for 69% of the variability in faculty members' intention to support the CCB transition, with greatest the contribution from perceived behavioral control, (b = .87), followed by attitude (b = .22), and subjective norms contributing the least (b = .05). The findings from this study can be used to reflect upon CCB transitions that have already occurred or are in process. In addition, the findings can inform future efforts by community colleges to develop more effective and efficient processes for making the transition to CCB institutions. Lastly, the findings provide insight of the CCB transition from a faculty members' perspective, as well as to contribute to existing literature on the theory of planned behavior.

本論文的研究題目是「香港國際學校IB中文科教師的知識建構：多個個案研究」，主要是透過結合理論分析和探究式訪談，探討香港地區IB中文科教師對IB中文課程的認識，初步歸納出當前香港地區IB中文科教師的知識結構。 本研究選取了三位職前受訓的IB中文科教師、兩位在職的IB中文科教師 和兩位大學的教師培訓者作爲本研究的研究對象，以半結構性訪談作爲主要的研究方法，所有的訪談都進行現場錄音，訪談內容則語譯成詳細的訪談提綱，並進行深入而詳細的分析。 本研究發現，在實習之前，三位職前教師只是知道一些關於IB中文課程的基本知識、考試模式等知識，對於真正的IB中文科的課堂教學知識並不知曉；而在實習之後，他們的知識建構有了較大的改變，除了進一步鞏固其IB中文課程的基本知識之外，還掌握到了一些具體的教學法知識、課堂管理的知識。 至於在職的IB中文科教師方面，本研究發現兩位在職教師和職前教師一樣，都具備了對IB中文科的學科知識、課程知識以及學科教學知識。而由於他們在教學上具備多年的經驗，因此他們和職前教師相比，還具備了有關學生的背景的知識、其他教育背景的知識、掌握時事新聞的知識、跨學科和跨文化的知識等等。 而在大學教師方面，本研究發現大學的教師培訓者在設計IB中文科教師培訓課程時，能夠針對職前和在職的IB中文科教師的需要，把課程的重點放在教學法和研究法裡，致力把世界最先進的第二語言教學的理論、教學的方法傳授給IB中文科教師，為香港及全球的學校培養中文作爲第二語言的老師和IB中文科教師。 研究員在上述研究發現的基礎上，提出一些改善目前IB中文科教師培訓課程、教師自身的知識建構、IB中文科教師培訓課程的教學內容，以及發展有效的師資培訓模式和教學方法等建議。本研究對於IB中文科教學的理論探討、IB中文科師資培訓的課程設計，以至香港地區的IB中文科教學狀況的研究都具有參考價值。 The topic of this research is the knowledge construction of IB Chinese teachers in Hong Kong International Schools: Multiple case studies, mainly to explore the different stages of teachers’ knowledge construction through theoretical analysis and interview, and sum up objectively the current process of knowledge construction for teachers in International Baccalaureate (IB) Chinese Language courses in Hong Kong. There were three kinds of research participants in this study, including three pre-service IB Chinese Language teachers, two in-service IB Chinese Language teachers and two teacher trainers in the university. The participants had the semi-structured interviews with the researcher in the study. The researcher had in-depth discussion on the topic of IB Chinese Language courses, audio-recorded all the interviews and transcribed all the conversations into protocols for in-depth analysis. This study found that, before the internship, the three pre-service teachers only knew some basic knowledge on the mode of examination of the IB Chinese Language courses, they did not know any teaching knowledge of the real IB Chinese Language class. But after the internship, there were some significant changes on their knowledge construction, in addition to further consolidate their basic knowledge of the IB Chinese Language courses, they grasped the specific knowledge of pedagogy and classroom management. As for the in-service IB Chinese Language teachers, this study found that two in-service teachers just like the pre-service teachers, they knew the knowledge on the IB Chinese Language subjects and curriculums, and the knowledge on pedagogy. However, to compare with the pre-service teachers, as the in-service teachers had got a lot of experiences in teaching, they also knew the knowledge on the students' background and the mastery of other educational background, they knew the knowledge on current events as well as the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural knowledge and so on. For the university teachers, this study found that when the teacher trainers in the university designed the IB Chinese Language teacher training courses, they could meet the needs of the pre-service and in-service IB Chinese Language teachers. The courses focused on the teaching methodology and research methodology, they tried to teach the IB Chinese Language teachers with the most advanced second language teaching theory and teaching methods in the world, to train the IB Chinese Language teachers and the teachers in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language for the IB schools in Hong Kong and around the world. On the basis of the above-mentioned study, the researcher made some recommendations for the IB Chinese Language teacher training courses. The emphasis was to improve the teachers' own knowledge construction, improve the teaching content of the IB Chinese Language teacher training courses, and develop some effective teacher training models and teaching methods. All in all, this research is helpful for exploring the theory and curriculum design of the IB Chinese Language teaching, as well as the research on the IB Chinese Language teaching in Hong Kong. / published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Education

The present study examined the extent to which the U.S. STEM labor market is stratified in terms of quality of employment. Through a series of cluster analyses and Chi-square tests on data drawn from the 2008 Survey of Income Program Participation (SIPP), the study found evidence of segmentation in the highly-skilled STEM and non-STEM samples, which included workers with a subbaccalaureate diploma or above. The cluster analyses show a pattern consistent with Labor Market Segmentation theory: Higher wages are associated with other primary employment characteristics, including health insurance and pension benefits, as well as full-time employment. In turn, lower wages showed a tendency to cluster with secondary employment characteristics, such as part-time employment, multiple employment, and restricted access to health insurance and pension benefits. The findings also suggest that women have a higher likelihood of being employed in STEM jobs with secondary characteristics. The findings reveal a far more variegated employment landscape than is usually presented in national reports of the STEM workforce. There is evidence that, while STEM employment may be more resilient than non-STEM employment to labor restructuring trends in the new economy, the former is far from immune to secondary labor characteristics. There is a need for ongoing dialogue between STEM education (at all levels), employers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to truly understand not only the barriers to equity in employment relations, but also the mechanisms that create and maintain segmentation and how they may impact women, underrepresented minorities, and the foreign-born.

This study was an autoethnography about inquiry learning and teaching through extraction and construction of meaning from experience. Using a collaborative autoethnography methodology I explored experiences in my past with others in the field through a “critical friend” Blog, to unpack what may have enabled me to value inquiry-based teaching as a physical education teacher. I created narratives from my autoethographic data and again shared them with my Blog members, inviting critical responses. Over an eight month period I created a community of learners with purposefully selected colleagues working in an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme curriculum school in the Middle East. I shared my narratives with my colleagues in order to support, question, connect or contrast my personal findings. Through our dialogues we came together to unpack our understandings of learning, who we were as learners, teaching, who we were as teachers and inquiry. As a community of learners exploring our experiences and perceptions, our understanding of constructivism evolved. This study revealed the tensions that exist between what teachers know about learning for meaningful understanding and the disabling learning and teaching environments they are and have been a part of.

This study was an autoethnography about inquiry learning and teaching through extraction and construction of meaning from experience. Using a collaborative autoethnography methodology I explored experiences in my past with others in the field through a “critical friend” Blog, to unpack what may have enabled me to value inquiry-based teaching as a physical education teacher. I created narratives from my autoethographic data and again shared them with my Blog members, inviting critical responses. Over an eight month period I created a community of learners with purposefully selected colleagues working in an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme curriculum school in the Middle East. I shared my narratives with my colleagues in order to support, question, connect or contrast my personal findings. Through our dialogues we came together to unpack our understandings of learning, who we were as learners, teaching, who we were as teachers and inquiry. As a community of learners exploring our experiences and perceptions, our understanding of constructivism evolved. This study revealed the tensions that exist between what teachers know about learning for meaningful understanding and the disabling learning and teaching environments they are and have been a part of.

As a result of various historical, political, economic and sociocultural factors, English today witnesses a unique situation as its non-native speakers represent a clear majority in the world. This has implications for the ownership of the English language as such, the linguistic rights of its speakers and the points of departure for English Language Teaching (ELT) worldwide. The study of the use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) challenges nativespeakerist norms through research in a wide range of linguistic fields such as lexicogrammar, phonology and pragmatics, suggesting various pedagogical alterations. Although ELF is now a prolific area of research, studies in Swedish upper secondary language education from an ELF perspective, remain a scarcity in the literature. The present paper engages in surveying teaching attitudes toward ELF in Swedish upper secondary education among Swedish and Anglophone International Baccalaureate (IB) teachers and in two contemporary syllabi, namely Swedish (ELT) and IB syllabi. The questionnaire given to the two aforementioned groups of teachers suggest that ELF-friendly teaching descriptions best suit their students even though both groups believe that teaching descriptions based on native speaker norms and varieties represent the most appropriate approach. The critical discourse analysis of the two syllabi suggests that ELF is approached in different ways in the two systems: the Swedish ELT curricula may be perceived as rather ELF-friendly because native speaker norms, deviations and errors, grammaticality and idiomaticity are almost non-existent, whereas the IB revolves around linguistic prescriptivism and native speaker norms to a larger extent. The present study argues that English language curricula in Sweden should be informed by research on ELF.

O maior enfoque na graduação de enfermagem continua sendo na capacidade de reter as informações que surgem no dia-a-dia, especialmente de caráter técnico e procedimental. Para promover a formação de um profissional autônomo, crítico e reflexivo, é preciso que sejam também desenvolvidos conteúdos de natureza atitudinal e relacional. Este estudo teve como objetivo geral investigar o ensino dos conteúdos atitudinais ministrado por docentes de uma instituição pública na formação inicial do enfermeiro. Tratou-se de uma pesquisa exploratória-descritiva, de natureza qualitativa realizada na Escola de Enfermagem da USP (EEUSP), com docentes envolvidos no ensino de graduação em Enfermagem e que participam do Grupo de Apoio Pedagógico (GAP). Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevista semi-estruturada utilizando-se um roteiro composto de uma parte de caracterização geral e outra de questões relacionadas ao ensino destes conteúdos. Os dados foram analisados utilizando-se a análise de conteúdo de Bardin. Participaram da pesquisa nove docentes que apontaram que os conteúdos atitudinais são entendidos como valores, comportamentos e posturas, porém com dificuldade em identificá-los nos conteúdos programáticos das disciplinas, pois estão diluídos nos conteúdos factuais e procedimentais, além de serem pouco valorizados no ensino de graduação. Os conteúdos atitudinais são trabalhados por iniciativa individual dos docentes que utilizam diferentes estratégias, em sala de aula ou em campo de prática. No processo de ensino, os docentes identificaram possibilidades e limites relacionados à instituição, aos docentes e aos estudantes. A grande dificuldade consiste na avaliação dos conteúdos atitudinais e há necessidade de instrumentos que direcionem a avaliação do docente para os conteúdos. Tendo em vista que a EEUSP é referência no ensino de Enfermagem e o tema abordado nesta pesquisa é ainda pouco investigado, é necessário o desenvolvimento de novas investigações nesta temática, pela sua importância e complexidade / The nursing graduation most important focus still remais on the capacity of retaining information that arises on a daily basis, specialy when it comes to its technical and procedural ones. To promote the formation of a critical and reflective professional, it is demanding that contents of attitudinal and relational nature are also developed. The general objective of this study is investigating the attitudinal contents taught by professors at a nurse graduation course at a public institution. It is an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative research held at Escola de Enfermagem da USP (EEUSP) - Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, whith professors involved in teaching undergraduate nursing and participating in the Pedagogical Support Group (GAP - Grupo de Apoio Pedagógico).The data has been collected through semi-structured interview using a script composed by a part of general characterization and other with issues related to the teaching of these contents.The data has been annalized using Bardin\'s content analisys. The nine professors who participated in this research indicated that the attidudinal contents are understood as values, behaviors and attitudes, but they are very difficult to be identified in the disciplines programs because they are diluted in the factual and procedural contents. Their value is also not very well recognized on graduation teaching. The attitudinal contents are brought to light by the professors\' individual initiative and different strategies are used in the classroom or in the fieldwork. In the teaching process the professors identified the possibilities and limitations related to the institution, the professors and the students. The major dificulty is the evaluation of the attitudinal contents and there is also the need of instruments capable to lead the professors\' evaluation to them. Considering that EEUSP is the reference on nursing graduation in Brazil and the addressed issue is still poorly investigated, and because of its importance and complexity, it is necessary to develop new research on this topic

A dor está presente na vida de crianças que passam pelo processo de hospitalização e, embora existam meios para o seu tratamento, muitas continuam vivenciando-a desnecessariamente. O enfermeiro por estar em contato direto com esses pacientes, deve realizar a avaliação e estabelecer tratamentos adequados, compreendendo o fenômeno doloroso em suas múltiplas dimensões, pessoais, culturais e sociais. Diante disso, os objetivos deste estudo são identificar os conhecimentos dos estudantes de enfermagem e dos enfermeiros sobre o manejo da dor pediátrica e os significados atribuídos à dor pediátrica por esses estudantes e enfermeiros à luz do referencial teórico do Social Communication Model of Pain, que explora as características dos pacientes em situações de dor, junto com os indivíduos que os assistem. A abordagem metodológica qualitativa foi adotada e a Análise Temática Híbrida foi utilizada como referencial metodológico. Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com seis estudantes da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo (EEUSP) que estavam realizando o estágio curricular no Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo (HUUSP) nas seguintes áreas: unidade de internação pediátrica, pronto socorro pediátrico e berçário, e com seis enfermeiras egressas dessa Escola, que trabalhavam em instituições nas áreas de neonatologia e pediatria. A análise dos dados permitiu a identificação de três temas e nove sub-temas: Experiência de dor: subjetividade, sentimentos e prejuízos; Avaliação do cuidado: capacitação, conhecimento e escuta; e Conhecimento sobre a dor: conteúdo, interesse pelo tema e busca pelo conhecimento. Os resultados possibilitaram uma compreensão ampliada da experiência dolorosa, revelando questões importantes quanto ao caráter subjetivo e individual da dor, além de destacar as alterações e prejuízos na rotina dos indivíduos que a sentem. Quanto ao cuidado realizado pelos enfermeiros diante da avaliação e do manejo da dor, evidenciou-se a necessidade de oferecer-lhes capacitação, haver comprometimento no manejo da dor da criança e, sobretudo, ouvir seus próprios relatos acerca da experiência dolorosa. Quanto aos conhecimentos relacionados ao ensino do tema, a formação do enfermeiro quanto ao manejo e avaliação da dor pediátrica está relacionada com os conteúdos transmitidos durante o curso de graduação, com a importância atribuída ao tema pelos docentes e pela própria constituição da grade curricular. / Pain is present in the lives of children who go through the hospitalization process and while there are ways to treat it, many of them still living it unnecessarily. Nurses for being directly in contact with these patients, should carry out the assessment and establish appropriate treatments, including the painful phenomenon in its various dimensions, personal, cultural and social. In view of this, the objectives of this study are to identify the knowledge of nursing students and nurses about pediatric pain management and the meanings attributed to pediatric pain for these students and nurses in the light of the theoretical framework of Social Communication Model of Pain, which explores the characteristics of patients in situations of pain, along with individuals who assist them. The qualitative approach was adopted and Hybrid Thematic Analysis was used as a methodological framework. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six nursing students from the School of Nursing, University of Sao Paulo (EEUSP) who were on internship at the University Hospital of the University of Sao Paulo (HUUSP) in the following areas: pediatric inpatient, pediatric emergency and baby nursery and with six egresses of this school who worked at institutions in the areas of neonatology and pediatrics. Data analysis enable the identification of three themes and nine sub-themes: Experience of pain: subjectivity, feelings and prejudices; Care evaluation: training, knowledge and listening; and Knowledge about pain: content, interest in the topic and search for knowledge. The results allowed an expanded understanding of the painful experience revealing important questions about the subjective and individual nature of pain, while also highlighting the changes and losses in the routine of individuals who feel it. Regarding care provided by the nurses on the assessment and management of pain, it highlighted the need to offer them training, of having commitment in the management of pain in children, and especially to hear their own stories about the painful experience. With regard to knowledge related to teaching the subject, the education of nurses regarding the management and assessment of pediatric pain is related with the content broadcast during the undergraduate course, with the importance given to the subject by professors and by the constitution of the curriculum.

Introdução: Autonomia é tema recorrente na educação em enfermagem e referida como necessária para florescer a motivação intrínseca. Objetivos: avaliar as evidências de validade da Escala de Motivação Acadêmica EMA, identificar os tipos de motivação dos estudantes, identificar e comparar os tipos de motivação acadêmica em função das variáveis de caracterização da amostra; identificar e interpretar a concepção de autonomia, a escolha pela graduação em enfermagem e a permanência no curso relacionadas aos tipos de motivação. Método: pesquisa de método misto, quantitativa-qualitativa, explanatória sequencial, realizada em instituição de ensino de graduação em enfermagem, com 205 estudantes na etapa quantitativa, por meio da aplicação da Escala de Motivação Acadêmica, e com 31 estudantes na etapa qualitativa, por meio de entrevista individual. Resultados: Acerca da dimensionalidade da escala, os resultados indicaram a extração de três fatores/tipos de motivação: intrínseca, extrínseca e desmotivação. Na descrição dos tipos de motivação, os estudantes apresentaram maior média na motivação extrínseca comparada às médias de motivação intrínseca e desmotivação. Na comparação dos fatores/tipos de motivação com as características da amostra, diferenças significativas foram encontradas no fator desmotivação em função do ano corrente do curso, na satisfação em cursar a graduação e orientação dos elementos citados pelos estudantes para cursar a enfermagem. No fator/tipo motivação extrínseca, diferenças significativas foram encontradas na comparação com a idade. E em relação ao fator/tipo motivação intrínseca diferenças significativas foram encontradas na comparação com ter realizado curso preparatório para vestibular e ter cursado graduação anterior à enfermagem. Nas demais características, sexo, local onde cursou ensino médio, formação prévia em curso técnico, enfermagem como primeira opção e apoio familiar, não foram verificadas diferenças significativas em nenhum dos fatores/tipos de motivação. Os resultados da etapa qualitativa permitiram a construção de cinco categorias: Reflexões sobre o conceito de autonomia, como construção gradativa, como tomada de decisão e referida a partir da prática profissional; Reflexões sobre o exercício da autonomia, vivenciadas na ação prática do estudante, na relação estudante-docente e momentos de ausência de autonomia; Motivação para a escolha da graduação em enfermagem, motivação mais autônoma e motivação extrínseca; Motivação para permanecer na graduação em enfermagem, motivação autônoma, motivação ligada a elementos externos e desmotivação; Estratégias de ensino e autonomia do estudante relacionadas à postura do docente, estratégias que estimulam e as que não estimulam a autonomia do estudante, com construção de quadro comparativo sobre as percepções dos estudantes acerca das estratégias de ensino citadas. Conclusões: O estudo confirmou a estrutura da EMA a partir de três fatores, considerada alternativa parcimoniosa à sua versão original. O perfil dos estudantes é de motivado extrinsecamente e autodeterminado, com baixa média de desmotivação. Algumas diferenças estatísticas entre grupos encontradas demonstrou congruência com o postulado pela teoria. Os estudantes apresentaram concepção de autonomia por meio de experiências vivenciadas na graduação, seja na sua ocorrência positiva ou a partir da ausência de autonomia. A motivação para cursar e permanecer na graduação em enfermagem foi referida tanto acerca de formas mais autônomas como nas formas extrínsecas, além de desmotivação para permanecer no curso. Acerca do apoio à autonomia e estratégias de ensino, os estudantes referiram que a interferência maior se relacionou à postura do docente. / Introduction: Autonomy is a recurring theme in nursing education, being raised as essential for the intrinsic motivation. Objectives: to evaluate the validity of the Academic Motivation Scale (EMA), to identify the types of motivation from the students, to identify and compare the types of academic motivation in relation to the categorizing variables of the sample; Identify and interpret the conception of autonomy, the decision for a nursing undergraduate and the stability in the course related to the types of motivation. Methods: a mixed-method research, quantitative-qualitative, explanatory sequential, carried out in an undergraduate nursing teaching institution, with 205 students in the quantitative stage through the Academic Motivation Scale, and with 31 students in the qualitative stage through individual interviews. Results: Regarding the dimensionality of the scale, the results indicated the extraction of three factors/types of motivation: intrinsic, extrinsic and demotivation. In the description of the types of motivation, the students presented a higher average in the extrinsic motivation compared to the averages of intrinsic motivation and demotivation. In the comparison of factors/types of motivation and characteristics of the sample, significant differences were found in the demotivation factor in function of the current year of the course, in the satisfaction of attending the graduation and in orientation of the elements mentioned by the students to attend the nursing course. In the factor/type extrinsic motivation, significant differences were found when ages were compared. And in relation to the factor/type intrinsic motivation significant differences were found in the comparison of individuals who attended a preparatory course for university and individuals with a previous graduation course. In the other characteristics such as gender, place of high school attendance, previous training in technical course, nursing as a first option and family support, no significant differences were verified in any of the factors/types of motivation. The results of the qualitative step allowed the construction of five categories: Reflections on the concept of autonomy, as gradual construction, as decision making and referenced on the professional practice; Reflections on the exercise of autonomy, experienced in the student\'s practical settings, student-teacher relationship and moments of absence of autonomy; Motivation for selecting the nursing graduation course, autonomous motivation and extrinsic motivation; Motivation to remain in the nursing graduation course, autonomous motivation, motivation linked to external elements and demotivation; Education strategies and student autonomy related to the teacher\'s attitude, strategies that stimulate and those that do not stimulate the student\'s autonomy, with the construction of a comparative table around students\' perceptions about the teaching strategies named. Conclusions: The study confirmed the EMA structure based on three factors, considered a parsimonious alternative to its original version. The students\' profile is extrinsically motivated and self-determined, with a low average of demotivation. Some statistical differences between groups found to be congruent with theory. The students presented a conception of autonomy based on experiences undertaken in the course, either in its positive occurrence or from the absence of autonomy. The motivation to attend and the motivation to continue in the nursing graduation was referred as much about autonomous forms as in the extrinsic forms, besides the demotivation are related to remain in the course. Regarding support for autonomy and teaching strategies, students reported that the major interference was related to the teacher\'s support.