Gender and cultural differences in school motivation

Gender and cultural differences in school motivation

• Korpershoek, Hanke University of Groningen
• King, Ronnel B. The Education University of Hong Kong
• McInerney, Dennis M. The Education University of Hong Kong
• Nasser, Ramzi N. University of Sharjah
• Ganotice, Fraide A. The Education University of Hong Kong
• Watkins, David A. University of Melbourne

Research Papers in Education, (0), - , 2019

Routledge

2019

• C Psychology & Learning
  • CC Motivation of Learning
• P Social Context of Education
  • PI Education of Girls & Women, Gender Roles; Gender; Femininities; Masculinities; Sexualities

Personal Investment Theory School Motivation Cross-Cultural Comparisons Gender Differences Secondary Education

• Hong Kong
• Philippine
• Singapore
• Australia
• The Netherlands
• Qatar

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

The purpose of this research was to explore gender differences and cultural differences in school motivation among students from eight culturally diverse groups from Western and non-Western societies. The selected groups come from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, the Netherlands, and Qatar. More than 10,000 secondary school students reported their mastery, performance, social, and extrinsic motivation. Results showed (very) small to moderately large gender differences, which were largely in line with prior research in Western societies. Moreover, significant differences in school motivation across the eight cultural groups were found, however, only the Qatari sample strongly deviated from the other samples. In all cultural groups, females had slightly higher scores on mastery motivation and social motivation (except for Qatari students), and in several Western and non-Western samples, males had slightly higher scores on performance motivation. Gender differences in extrinsic motivation were less straightforward.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 02671522

• 10.1080/02671522.2019.1633557

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2020-08-26