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A study on motivational strategies used in primary schools' art classrooms in Singapore
Citation
Ong, K. S., & Kehk, B. L. (2022). A study on motivational strategies used in primary schools' art classrooms in Singapore [Dean's Commendation for Undergraduate Educational Research Papers selection, Nanyang Technological University]. NIE Digital Repository. https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28886
Abstract
While SDT has been well researched in many areas of studies, not much study has been carried out for Art. This study aims to examine the effective strategies used by art teachers to improve students’ motivation to learn art. It will attempt to link these strategies to the three basic psychological needs (BPN) of the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and thereby hope to understand the effectiveness of these strategies from the perspective of SDT. At the same time, this study will also explore the difference in motivation level between younger and older students and attempt to investigate whether motivation strategies are the same between the younger and older students. This study used a mixed method approach that includes both qualitative and quantitative data to collate its findings. An online Google survey form was sent out and 17 MOE art teachers and one MOE art vendor responded. This anonymous survey consisted of eight main questions, which were subdivided into 53 related questions. These include 13 open-ended, 26 ordinal, nine nominal, four binary and one matric question. In this paper, we are presenting the results of the study, which demonstrated that self determination strategies, as a motivation approach, were extremely effective when used by art teachers in art classes, as 82.4% of the qualitative links could be drawn to satisfying one or more of the three basic psychological needs of autonomy, relatedness, and competence. This study has also revealed that Upper Primary students are more inclined towards a motivation approach that is competence based.
Publisher
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University (NIE NTU), Singapore
Date Submitted
2022