%0 Journal Article
%T Students¡¯ Perceptions of School-Related Conditions Impacting Their Motivation and Engagement in Learning
%A Kumbukage Dona Ruwandika Lakmali Jayalath Perera
%J Open Journal of Social Sciences
%P 353-377
%@ 2327-5960
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jss.2021.99025
%X The data and information show that student participation in junior
secondary schools in Sri Lanka, particularly in low socio-economic districts is
considerably low. There are many reasons behind this. It seems that students¡¯
low motivation and engagement might be one of the reasons. One of the problems
for that might be school-related conditions. Therefore, this study investigated <span>the perceptions of students regarding
school-related conditions impacting t</span>heir motivation and engagement in
learning. Self-determination theory to understand students¡¯ intrinsic
motivation was used as the theoretical base of this study. This study employed
explanatory sequential mixed methods research design. Data were gathered from
seven Tamil medium and five Sinhala medium type<span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> two
government schools located in the Monaragala and Nuwara Eliya districts. At the
first phase (quantitative) of the study</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> the
Motivation and Engagement Scale-Junior School was administered among two
hundred grade</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">,</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> eight students and at the second phase (qualitative) of the study
according to the scale scores, 12 male and 12 female students, identified as
least motivated, were selected to be interviewed. Semi-structured interviews
were conducted to collect data from the selected 24 students. The second phase
(qualitative) data was used for this study. Thematic analysis was applied for
analysing data. Analysis of interviews revealed two main themes in relation to <span>the school-related conditions that impacted
students¡¯ motivation and eng</span>agement in learning: 1) quality of classroom
relationships</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">;</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> and 2) quality of curriculum and resources. In theme one, quality of
classroom relationships; nega<span>tive
teacher-student relationship and influence of peers were emerged as su</span>b-</span></span></span><span><span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">t<span>hemes. Under the sub-theme, negative
teacher-student relationship, four ca</span>tegories were identified: harsh
punishments, inadequate encouragement,
%K Engagement in Learning
%K Intrinsic Motivation
%K School-Related Conditions
%K Students¡¯ Perceptions
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=111946