Studying motivation in the science classroom

• I started my PhD with a theoretical approach that I increasingly had issues with. This chapter describes my search for a successful theoretical approach to motivation in the science classroom as a practitioner-researcher. I describe what problems I encountered and how these allowed me to narrow down my initial questions to those of greater relevance from a teacher- and classroom perspective. The chapter concludes with the new direction I chose for researching motivation in the science classroom during the second half of my PhD studies.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Pedagogiskt arbete (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Pedagogical Work (hsv//eng)

Keyword

doctoral education

didactics of natural science

naturvetenskapens didaktik

pedagogiskt arbete

educational work

Publication and Content Type

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