This work is based on self-determination theory which emphasizes that three innate
psychological needs must be satisfied to maintain a healthy development and functioning
of human. And social contexts that support satisfaction of basic needs for autonomy,
competence and relatedness facilitate natural growth including intrinsically motivated
behaviour and integration of extrinsic motivations.
The aim of this work is to find how the school managers’ and teachers’
motivational orientations, being a factors of social conditions at school, influence intrinsic
learning motivation of schoolchildren.
13 out of 18 invited Utena district schools agreed to participate in a survey. Total of
22 school managers, 129 teachers and 380 schoolchildren of eight and ninth grade were
surveyed using six different questionnaires, developed by Department of Clinical and
Social Sciences in Psychology at the University of Rochester.
The results revealed a weak correlation between school managers’ autonomy
support and teachers’ perceived autonomy (0.201, p<0.05); however a stronger perceived
autonomy of teachers more significantly correlated with their total need satisfaction (0.512,
p<0.01). It was also noticed, that older managers were more autonomy-supportive. The
younger teachers reported a lower perceived autonomy and declared a less positive need
satisfaction.
The older teachers were as well found to be more autonomy supportive towards
their students. The survey results showed that teachers’... [to full text]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050617_142854-21071 |
| Date | 17 June 2005 |
| Creators | Titenytė, Aurelija |
| Contributors | Guoba, Andrius, Martišauskienė, Elvyda, Barkauskaitė, Marija, Vasiliauskas, Romanas, Pečiuliauskienė, Palmira, Žilionis, Juozas, Žadeikaitė, Loreta, Vilnius Pedagogical University |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Vilnius Pedagogical University |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050617_142854-21071 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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