NDLI: Boys and motivation

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Martin, Andrew J.
Copyright Year	2003
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.
Starting Page	43
Ending Page	65
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03116999
Journal	The Australian Educational Researcher
Volume Number	30
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	22105328
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2003-01-01
Publisher Institution	Australian Association for Research in Education
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Education (general) Teaching and Teacher Education Educational Policy and Politics Educational Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education

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