Learner autonomy is a construct in motion, unfolding in step with our academic imaginary. Over the past forty years, it has demonstrated its capacity to adapt to changing times. Introduced in the late 1970s during an era characterized by the teacher-dominated language classroom, learner autonomy provided a much-needed focus on learners as potentially independent individuals capable of taking ch...

Affective teacher–child relationships have frequently been investigated in school settings, but less attention has devoted to these after-school care. This study explored caregiver- (N = 90) and child-informed reports of the affective caregiver–child relationship 180 dyads) Dutch care, exploring gender differences at caregiver child level with a match between children caregivers. The caregivers...

The current study tested the efficacy of a web-based autonomy-supportive intervention program on changes in physical education (PE) teachers’ self-reports autonomy support, psychological need satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and teaching for students’ engagement. In this study, 101 secondary school PE teachers their 652 students were randomized either to experimental group or control group. ...

autonomy plays a crucial role in the enhancement of important learning qualities in the learners. in that line of thinking, this study was launched to discover how english language learners exposed to an autonomously managed versus teacher controlled conditions would respond to the learning determinants. two classes of english language learners at isfahan university of technology, iran were thu...

This research seeks to analyse and propose a solution to support classroom-based teaching in the Department of Chocó, Colombia, which is located in a rural area and has been the subject of many social projects for the development of its people. Due to the disparities in different regions of the country, the education sector is forced to look for new working environments that are suitable for ru...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify combinations or profiles of peer (i.e., friendship quality, peer acceptance) and teacher (i.e., perceived support) relationship variables in physical education and then test for motivation-related differences among the emergent profiles. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Method: An online survey assessing study variables was completed by 7th a...