Journal Articles

Gender and cultural differences in school motivation

Title:
Gender and cultural differences in school motivation
Authors:
Source:
Research Papers in Education, (0), - , 2019
Publisher:
Routledge
Year Published:
2019
Education Categories:
- C Psychology & Learning
  - CC Motivation of Learning
- P Social Context of Education
  - PI Education of Girls & Women, Gender Roles; Gender; Femininities; Masculinities; Sexualities
Keywords:
Personal Investment Theory School Motivation Cross-Cultural Comparisons Gender Differences Secondary Education
Region:
- Hong Kong
- Philippine
- Singapore
- Australia
- The Netherlands
- Qatar
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Unknown or Unspecified
Abstract:
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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Language:
- English
Document Type:
Journal Articles
ISSN:
- 02671522
DOI:
- 10.1080/02671522.2019.1633557
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/8a2a396e
Entry Date:
2020-08-26