TY - JOUR

T1 - Principals and Teachers Perceptions about the Impact of School Conditions on Early Adolescents' Motivation and Engagement in Learning and Motivating Practices (in Low Socio-Economic Districts in Sri Lanka

AU - Perera, Ruwnadika

AU - Hathaway, Tanya

PY - 2017/1/25

Y1 - 2017/1/25

N2 - In Sri Lanka, a significant proportion of junior students fail to complete their education and withdraw early from secondary school. This is particularly true of students in low socioeconomic districts. This inquiry sought to investigate principal and teacher perceptions of the school-related conditions and motivating practices that contribute to early adolescents’ motivation and engagement in learning. The study used a qualitative research design. Participants were recruited using purposive sampling method, from ten government schools, representing type two schools,(Five from each Sinhala and Tamil medium), and located in Monaragala and Nuwara Eliya districts in Sri Lanka. Ten principals and ten teachers agreed to participate in semi-structured interviews. The maticanalysis was used to analyse the data and the theoretical construct of Self-determination theory (SDT) was applied to interpreting the data.

AB - In Sri Lanka, a significant proportion of junior students fail to complete their education and withdraw early from secondary school. This is particularly true of students in low socioeconomic districts. This inquiry sought to investigate principal and teacher perceptions of the school-related conditions and motivating practices that contribute to early adolescents’ motivation and engagement in learning. The study used a qualitative research design. Participants were recruited using purposive sampling method, from ten government schools, representing type two schools,(Five from each Sinhala and Tamil medium), and located in Monaragala and Nuwara Eliya districts in Sri Lanka. Ten principals and ten teachers agreed to participate in semi-structured interviews. The maticanalysis was used to analyse the data and the theoretical construct of Self-determination theory (SDT) was applied to interpreting the data.

KW - Early adolescents

KW - Motivation

KW - Engagement

KW - School related conditions

KW - Motivating practices

U2 - 10.20319/pijss.2017.31.288306

DO - 10.20319/pijss.2017.31.288306

M3 - Article

VL - 3

SP - 288

EP - 306

JO - People: International Journal of Social Sciences

JF - People: International Journal of Social Sciences

SN - 2454-5899

IS - 1

ER -