MUSIC TEACHER MOTIVATION IN SPANISH PRIMARY EDUCATION: A STUDY BASED ON THE SELF- DETERMINATION THEORY
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Angel-Alvarado, Rolando AlfredoAbstract
In this study, the aspiration is understanding music teachers’ autonomous motivation in didactical situations, identifying both supportive and frustrating factors. Specifically, the didactical situation is defined as the educational period of time when the teacher interacts with students in a teaching/learning context. Therefore, other educational agents could also take part in the didactical activity; for instance, the school community might tak...
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In this study, the aspiration is understanding music teachers’ autonomous motivation in didactical situations, identifying both supportive and frustrating factors. Specifically, the didactical situation is defined as the educational period of time when the teacher interacts with students in a teaching/learning context. Therefore, other educational agents could also take part in the didactical activity; for instance, the school community might take part in interdisciplinary educational projects. Self-Determination Theory (SDT) is used because it postulates that autonomous motivation implies a sense of will when making decisions during a task. Therefore, it is plausible that an individual with high autonomous motivation displays a self-determined behaviour. However, to achieve that end individuals require satisfying three basic psychological needs: autonomy, competence, and relatedness. The research is structured according to the Holistic Architecture for Music Education, which is understood as an interdisciplinary research approach that allows conducting empirical studies in the field of music education from a perspective linked to mixed research methods. Therefore, it provides theoretical and practical knowledge within teaching/learning situations because didactical activities are theoretically grounded, empirically contrasted, and could be repeatable. This research approach considers the construction of a research hypothesis that should be tested through an objective portrait. That is, quantitative and qualitative data are triangulated to construct the objective portrait, which is vital for testing the research hypothesis. This holistic research utilises a national sample from Spain. In light of the Holistic Architecture for Music Education and SDT, this doctoral thesis establishes the following main research question: Which factors are affecting music teachers’ autonomous motivation in didactical situations? Therefore, the main research aim is to identify factors that affect music teachers’ autonomous motivation in didactical situations. The specific research aims are presented next: I. to establish through the WTMST Spanish version whether there are differences or not in the autonomous motivation between educators who teach music in schools and teachers who do not; II. to determine through the BPNS-T whether there are differences or not in the satisfaction of basic psychological needs between educators who teach music in schools and teachers who do not; III. to demonstrate through a correlation between autonomous motivation and basic psychological needs whether music teachers are self-determined or not; IV. to observe through the application of the Questionnaire for School Musical Activity in three Navarrese schools whether music educators are using controlled motivation for teaching or not; and V. to establish through the observation of lessons, psychological scales, and teachers’ interviews in three Navarrese schools whether the music teachers’ autonomous motivation is affected or not by factors of social complexity. Consequently, the research hypothesis of this doctoral thesis expresses that music teachers’ autonomous motivation is affected by external factors influencing teacher–student dyadic relationships. Specifically, teacher–student dyadic relationships are understood as didactical interactions between one teacher and learners during a teaching/learning situation. The relationship is thus the interaction between a teacher and students using the learning content as a connecting link. Therefore, external factors make reference to other educational agents, such as school community members, education policy, and so on. Finally, research results demonstrate that at least 11 factors affect music teachers’ autonomous motivation within didactical situations, allowing us to conclude that contextual factors affect dyadic relationships, to the point that they influence teachers’ beliefs. In view of the findings, this doctoral thesis will be able to suggest some practical guidelines for the improvement of the Spanish primary education system, specifically in the field of music education.
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2018Academic guide
Wilhelmi, Miguel
Belletich, Olga
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