Boys and Motivation

Autor/in	Martin, Andrew J.
Titel	Boys and Motivation
Quelle	In: Australian Educational Researcher, 30 (2003) 3, S.43-65 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-6999
Schlagwörter	Student Motivation; Program Development; Academic Failure; Gender Differences; Males; Masculinity; Fear; High School Students; Females; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Teacher Student Relationship; Teacher Attitudes; Student Participation; Student Interests; Course Content; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulische Motivation; Programmplanung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Männlichkeit; Furcht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Schülerverhalten; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Lehrerverhalten; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Studieninteresse; Kursprogramm; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	This paper explores key gender differences in motivation from a quantitative perspective and presents findings from a qualitative study into boys' perceptions of motivating teachers and motivating pedagogy. Data collected from 3773 high school students suggest that girls score significantly higher than boys in their belief in the value of school, learning focus, planning, study management, and persistence while boys rate significantly higher in self-sabotage/self-handicapping. However, girls rated significantly higher than boys in anxiety. In the qualitative phase of the research, boys identified the following features of effective and motivating pedagogy: a good relationship between student and teacher, the teacher's enjoyment of teaching and working with young people, providing boys with choices and input into the lesson, making schoolwork interesting and/or relevant, providing variety in content and methods, and respecting boys' opinions and perspectives. The paper then draws on data presented elsewhere to show that, in addition to some key gender differences in motivation, there are also some noteworthy parallels between boys and girls. The paper concludes with a discussion of motivation as it relates to the social construction of gender, fear of failure and masculinity, and program development, construction and implementation. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10