The focus of this action research was to use collaborative inquiry groups to change teacher practice to become
more autonomy supportive in order to increase student engagement in the classroom.
Why teachers adopt a controlling motivating style toward students and how they can become
more autonomy supportive.
Not exact matches
Research confirms that all kinds of positive outcomes result from
autonomy -
supportive parenting: Teens learn better and do better in school, they are
more engaged, and they persist harder if the face of difficulty.
A third group of parents (11 parents in 7 families) had a mixed parenting style: one parent was
more autonomy -
supportive and the other
more controlling, or a single parent was
autonomy -
supportive in some situations and controlling in other
Third, children used
more emergent literacy in the
autonomy -
supportive context than in the controlling context.
However, children in the controlling followed by
autonomy -
supportive group also made
more statements of independent mastery in the
autonomy -
supportive context than children in the
autonomy -
supportive followed by controlling group.
The
more individuals»
autonomy and competence needs are met within a
supportive interpersonal relationship, the
more connected and trusting they feel toward that person (Ryan, La Guardia, Solky - Butzel, Chirkov, & Kim, 2005).
Additionally, some studies even show that parents use
more autonomy -
supportive strategies with boys than with girls (e.g., [45], [46]-RRB-, and are
more controlling of girls than of boys (e.g., [46], [47]-RRB-.
Four themes emerged: generalization beyond homework and school - related learning; parents occasionally misinterpreting what it means to be
autonomy supportive; strong positive responses, such as children enjoying homework and becoming
more passionate about learning; and parent — child shared enjoyment and persistence in the educational games that were provided as a way to practice the
autonomy supportive parenting style during each week of the intervention.
For healthy parent - child relationships and adolescents» psychological well - being, it is advised not to use guilt - induction, but instead to engage in
more autonomy -
supportive practices.
Furthermore, women who have health - focused eating goals for their partner are perceived as
more autonomy -
supportive, which is associated with the partner's report of higher relationship quality.
Mothers high on separation anxiety were observed to be less
autonomy -
supportive and to experience the conversation as
more stressful (e.g.,
more pressure,
more tension, and
more relief at the end).