Examine of Secondary School Students' Motivation Sources towards Social Studies Course

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to reveal the motivation sources of secondary school students about social studies course. The study has been conducted in line with basic qualitative research which is one of the qualitative research methods. The participants' motivation sources for social studies course were tried to be determined with open-ended questions like “If you had a choice about whether to take social studies course or not, would you prefer not to take it or would you still want to take it? Why?” 87 students attending 5th, 6th and 7th grades from state secondary schools in Istanbul and Muş cities at Turkey participated in the study. In the analysis of data, descriptive analysis technique was used. As a result of the study, it was determined that secondary school students emphasized the intrinsic value more than the extrinsic value (or utility value) and the attainment value (or importance) among the positive motivation sources for social studies course. In addition, negative motivation sources of the students were reached, psychological / emotional cost, task effort cost and loss of valued alternatives cost negatively affected students' motivation about social studies course, and psychological / emotional cost views were more dominant than others.

Keywords

• Expectancy–value theory,task value,social studies,secondary school students,motivation

Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Sosyal Bilgiler Dersine Yönelik Motivasyon Kaynaklarının İncelenmesi

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı, ortaokul öğrencilerinin sosyal bilgiler dersine yönelik motivasyon kaynaklarını ortaya koymaktır. Araştırmada, nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden temel nitel araştırma kullanılmıştır. Katılımcıların sosyal bilgiler dersine yönelik motivasyon kaynakları “Sosyal bilgiler dersini alıp almama konusunda bir seçeneğiniz olsaydı, onu almamayı mı tercih ederdiniz yoksa hâlâ almak ister miydiniz? Neden?” şeklinde açık uçlu bir soru ile belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Araştırmaya, Türkiye’de İstanbul ili ile Muş ilindeki bir devlet ortaokulunda 5., 6. ve 7. sınıflarda öğrenim gören 87 öğrenci katılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde betimsel analiz tekniğine başvurulmuştur. Araştırma sonucunda, ortaokul öğrencilerinin sosyal bilgiler dersine yönelik olumlu motivasyon kaynakları arasında içsel değeri dışsal değer ile önem değere göre daha fazla ön plana çıkardıkları belirlenmiştir. Bununla birlikte öğrencilerin olumsuz motivasyon kaynaklarına ulaşılmış, bu kapsamda psikolojik/duygusal maliyet, görevle ilgili çaba maliyeti ve değerli alternatiflerin kaybının öğrencilerin sosyal bilgiler dersi ile ilgili motivasyonlarını olumsuz şekilde etkilediği, psikolojik/duygusal maliyete ilişkin görüşlerin diğerlerine göre daha baskın olduğu saptanmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Beklenti-değer kuramı,görev değeri,sosyal bilgiler,ortaokul öğrencileri,motivasyon

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