Students’ motivation The context of 10-14 year old students’ motivation

Abstract

The present study analyzes the school motivation in a complex way. It is based on the hypothesis that the 10-14 age group consciously interprets their role in the educational process, their status is related to social change. Students are able to define their relationship to school, the factors that hinder and help them; they interpret the mechanism of action that binds them to learning and expanding knowledge. The focus of the research is primarily on the nature and type of this attitude. The empirical research focused on pupils of age 10-14 (they are in grades 5-8). Students from both capital and rural schools took part. The study attempted to support the empirical substantiation of the theses, which had been less measured by several measurements. The research areas also include pedagogical, social and emotional factors.