Mixed-Methods Study of Relationships Among School Culture, Internal Factors, and State of Flow: Quantitative Findings

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Abstract

The purpose of this sequential mixed-methods research was to discover the impact school culture, internal factors, and the state of flow has upon motivating a teacher to develop teaching expertise. This research was designed to find answers concerning why and how individual teachers can nurture their existing internal factors to increase their motivation to seek expertise development and to explore how school culture, internal factors, and state of flow may encourage or limit the development of expertise in order to add to the discussion of educational reform efforts. This paper will share quantitative findings related to the overarching research question: How do the internal factors, the State of Flow, and school culture motivate teachers to develop towards expertise?

Authors

• Amanda Shuford Mayeaux, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

• Dianne F. Olivier, University of Louisiana at Lafayette