The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of the social context, based within self-determination theory, on student's in-class physical activity. A total of 84 Year 11/12 physical education students were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups; Autonomy-supportive, Controlling and Balanced. Data were collected using a pretest/posttest design measuring in-class physical a...

This article seeks to analyze the foundations of idea ​​teaching autonomy today, in neoliberal context alienation, exploitation, worker accountability and how this concept has been used capitalist society from point view reorganizing teaching work. To end, bibliographical research was used, supported by discourse analysis Fairclough (2001), with emphasis on historical, political social ​​autono...

Abstract When it comes to biology lessons in Germany, girls generally exhibit higher levels of self-determined motivation than boys. Previous research suggests that fostering student autonomy could be a way effectively address this gender gap. To investigate gender-related effects education, sample 303 sixth-grade students ( M age = 11.31 years, SD 0.58 years) participated 3-h teaching unit on ...

The aim of the study was to examine the construct validity and internal consistency of the Motivational Climate in Physical Education Scale (MCPES). A key element of the development process of the scale was establishing a theoretical framework that integrated the dimensions of task- and ego involving climates in conjunction with autonomy, and social relatedness supporting climates. These constr...

Previous research has demonstrated that autonomy support is one particularly effective means of promoting internalization and fostering well-being. The present study sought to determine if this would also be the case with regards to culture by testing the relation of perceived parental autonomy support to the cultural internalization and well-being of multicultural students. In Study 1, 105 mul...

The purpose of this study was to compare how different types of instruction effect the learning of a novel motor skill and how salivary cortisol correlates to learning differences. Participants (N = 44), average age 22.3 years (standard deviation 2.37), were randomly assigned to an autonomy-supportive, controlling-language or neutral language group which was manipulated via instructional video....

Purpose Employees’ creativity is critical for the growth and survival of firms. Therefore, purpose this study to propose a motivational model address effect an autonomy-supportive climate on employee creativity. This investigates whether mediated by intrinsic motivation in employees depends company support Design/methodology/approach used quantitative approach collect data conducting survey dev...

Background All teachers aspire to create the most motivating classroom climate for their students. This is because students who are motivated demonstrate superior learning outcomes relative not motivated. According Self-Determination Theory (SDT), when establish an autonomy-supportive in classrooms, can benefit numerous developmentally and educationally important ways. Whilst have understanding...