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34.035 - Teachers' Motivations and the Classroom: Relations Across Diverse Educational Contexts

Sat, April 6, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Floor: Mezzanine, Pine East

Session Type: Symposium

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A wealth of research has documented students’ motivational beliefs and subsequent academic outcomes. However, research on teachers’ motivation has been largely neglected. In the last decade, researchers have begun to include teachers in their models of motivation. Despite a general increase in research on teachers’ motivation there are still gaps. The symposium addresses the following questions: 1) does teachers’ choice of school effect their motivation to teach? 2) does teachers’ self-efficacy predict the content-specific quality of their instruction? 3) do teachers’ motivations predict student engagement and achievement? 4) do teacher and student-reports of instructional practices predict teacher motivation and student engagement? Finally, when attempting to answer these questions regarding teacher motivation, we take into account the school context.

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