Motivation in Technology Education among Novice and Technological Talents

Autor/in	Autio, Ossi
Titel	Motivation in Technology Education among Novice and Technological Talents
Quelle	In: Journal on Educational Psychology, 4 (2010) 1, S.21-32 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-8827
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Technology Education; Student Motivation; Learning Motivation; Novices; Qualitative Research; Case Studies; Talent; Interviews; Academically Gifted; Learner Engagement; Comparative Analysis; Influences; Personality Traits; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Schulische Motivation; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Qualitative Forschung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Finnland
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to determine the elements motivating comprehensive school students to study technology education. The research was carried out as a qualitative case study and the material was collected through individual theme interviews. The study group consisted of two different test groups: novice and technological talents. In each test group there were three test participants, each representing a different case of motivation towards technology education. In choosing individuals for the study the main criteria were gender, negative or positive motivation and competence in the field of technology. This study found that the artifact to be made in school and the student's freedom of choice had the most significant effect on motivation in the novice test group. Instead, curiosity and intellectual challenge seemed to be the main elements in technological talents group. Although, we must be careful with final conclusions as the research group was relatively small, we can conclude that there were more signs of intrinsic motivation in technological talents test group and extrinsic motivation was emphasized in the novice group. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01