The writing education in primary schools’ lower years is the starting point for pupils’ future writing development. Teachers for pupils in primary school, in preschool class and grades 1-3, therefore have an important role to generate motivation to write for pupils in their writing development, as this lays the foundation for their motivation to write further on in their future education and lives. Problems have been identified by researchers that poor motivation in writing teaching can lead to consequences where pupils do not develop their writing further on in their upcoming education and lives. Previous research has also found that there is a close connection between motivation and learning as well as motivation and writing development. This declaration is supported by theories about motivation, pupils’ self-confidence in writing, explicit writing teaching as well as didactic and sociocultural theories. The purpose of this study is therefore to discuss how teachers in preschool class and the grades 1-3 work to generate pupils’ motivation in the teachers’ writing teaching. The purpose of this study is also to discuss how the teachers use of authentic writing tasks influence on their pupils' writing development. The outcoming results of this study have emerged through qualitative interviews where the interview answers have been analyzed in association to the presented theories above. The analyzed results have been discussed in relation to previous research which led us to a suitable conclusion that shows that the teachers in this study work in various ways, using different teaching methods where using authentic activities is one of those, to stimulate the pupils’ motivation in their writing development. The results of this study also show that the teachers’ use of authentic writing tasks have a positive influence on their pupils’ writing development.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:sh-48510 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Perkola, Hillevi, Andersson, Sofia |
| Publisher | Södertörns högskola, Lärarutbildningen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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