Motivating Environments: A Systemic Analysis of Four Rural High Schools

Autor/in	Hardre, Patricia L.
Titel	Motivating Environments: A Systemic Analysis of Four Rural High Schools
Quelle	In: Leadership and Policy in Schools, 6 (2007) 3, S.231-265 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-0763
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Rural Schools; Student Motivation; Educational Environment; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Persistence; Teacher Improvement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Schulische Motivation; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Motivating environments include elements across the whole school-as-system, with contributions made by teachers, students, administrators, and factors outside the school in the surrounding community. Positive motivating environments can support self-determination and intrinsic motivation of both students and teachers despite a number of risk factors for school failure. This study addresses schoolwide environments that may promote motivation in areas characterized by isolation and resource limitations. The researcher conducted a systemic analysis of motivationally relevant resources and conditions across four rural schools and communities, using teacher, administrator, school and community profile data. The data indicate that external resources (family, institutional, and community) and internal (motivational) resources are critical elements of the motivating environments in these rural high schools. Teachers' and administrators' motivational perceptions shaped by their prior experiences and current contexts inform the efforts they make to motivate students. Teachers' workplace climate perceptions influence faculty retention and investment. Schools generate unique motivational dynamics through interactions of individual and organizational characteristics. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10