What moves children to move? Pre-adolescent children’s motivation for physical education

Based on self-determination theory and achievement goal theory, the research investigated pre-adolescent (9-12 years of age) children’s motivational orientations in physical education. Various factors were identified that impact on children's motivation. Some differences in motivation emerged b...

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Main Author: Pannekoek, Linda
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2564
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description Based on self-determination theory and achievement goal theory, the research investigated pre-adolescent (9-12 years of age) children’s motivational orientations in physical education. Various factors were identified that impact on children's motivation. Some differences in motivation emerged based on age, gender, level of motor proficiency and national culture. The findings of the research could inform the design of physical education programs and interventions to stimulate children’s motivation to actively engage in the class.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-25642017-02-20T06:38:35Z What moves children to move? Pre-adolescent children’s motivation for physical education Pannekoek, Linda Based on self-determination theory and achievement goal theory, the research investigated pre-adolescent (9-12 years of age) children’s motivational orientations in physical education. Various factors were identified that impact on children's motivation. Some differences in motivation emerged based on age, gender, level of motor proficiency and national culture. The findings of the research could inform the design of physical education programs and interventions to stimulate children’s motivation to actively engage in the class. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2564 en Curtin University fulltext
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What moves children to move? Pre-adolescent children’s motivation for physical education
title What moves children to move? Pre-adolescent children’s motivation for physical education
title_full What moves children to move? Pre-adolescent children’s motivation for physical education
title_fullStr What moves children to move? Pre-adolescent children’s motivation for physical education
title_full_unstemmed What moves children to move? Pre-adolescent children’s motivation for physical education
title_short What moves children to move? Pre-adolescent children’s motivation for physical education
title_sort what moves children to move? pre-adolescent children’s motivation for physical education
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2564