The Motives for Learning in Elementary Students: The Parents and Teachers Agency | Chapter 09 | Perspectives of Arts and Social Studies Vol. 1
According to conception of cultural and historical development, motives represent essential structural component of any kind of activity. Learning at school is a kind of collective joint activity according to activity theory. Motives might be conformed and evaluated during learning process as its essential element. Different motive might be acquired during interactions within learning process. Pupils might share their motives, but also might present differential variants of combinations of types motives: external and internal motives. The objective of this chapter is consideration of formation and assessment of motives of pupils. The authors propose the qualitative way of analysis of the sphere of motives by specifically organized interview with teachers and parents. The procedure of interactive drawings ...