Examining Rural High School Teacher Characteristics and Motivating Strategies

Autor/in	Hardre, Patricia L.
Titel	Examining Rural High School Teacher Characteristics and Motivating Strategies
Quelle	In: Teacher Education and Practice, 23 (2010) 2, S.226-253 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-6459
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Rural Schools; Teacher Characteristics; Rural Areas; Secondary School Teachers; Questionnaires; Interviews; Individual Differences; Teacher Attitudes; Correlation; Regression (Statistics); Student Motivation; Academic Achievement; Motivation Techniques; Measures (Individuals); Classroom Environment; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Individueller Unterschied; Lehrerverhalten; Korrelation; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Schulische Motivation; Schulleistung; Motivationsförderung; Messdaten; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This study examined rural high school teachers' characteristics and their apparent influences on teachers' motivating strategies. Participants were 46 teachers, across subjects and grade levels, in nine rural public high schools. A multimethod approach was used, with questionnaires, narrative reports, and interviews assessing teachers' individual differences, perceptions, and strategies. Quantitative measures were analyzed with correlations and regressions; qualitative measures were coded for themes linked to the research questions. Findings indicate that teachers believe that their interpersonal interactions are more influential on student motivation than how they frame content. However, teachers see their contributions to classroom environments and students' individual motivations as being uniquely and reciprocally influential on student learning and achievement. Rural teachers see motivational advantages and disadvantages in rural communities. Teachers' beliefs and perceptions shed light on why teachers motivate students as they do. (Contains 1 note, 5 tables, and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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