@article{cdcb9e32c31644a09fe3394de75f046d,
title = "New Insights into Young Peoples' Motivation in Lower Secondary Education in Denmark",
abstract = "In this article we explore and develop the understanding of young people{\textquoteright}s motives for (non)participation in lower secondary education. Based on a two-year study dominated by qualitative and explorative methods, we combine a focus on young peoples{\textquoteright} motives and goal orientations with a socio-cultural (and social constructivist) understanding of motivation/learning (Wenger, 1998; Wertsch, 1994). This combination allows us to explore the dynamic complexity of pupils{\textquoteright} motives for participation in school and look into how motivation is produced in the interplay between individual goals and motives and the learning climate within the school context (Ames, 1992; Dowson & McInerney, 2003; Maehr & Zusho, 2009; Jackson, 2006; Lemos, 2001). In the article, we identify key motivational orientations as they unfold in the social and learning processes that take place in the learning contexts young people are part of. As a mean to synthesise and highlight the complexities at play we introduce a situated model that visualises our results. ",
keywords = "Motivation, goal theory, learning context, young people, education, lower secondary school, motivation, goal theory, learning context, young people, education, lower secondary school",
author = "Mette Pless and Noemi Katznelson",
year = "2019",
month = feb,
day = "28",
doi = "10.17583/qre.2019.3946",
language = "English",
volume = "8",
pages = "60--88",
journal = "Qualitative Research in Education",
issn = "2014-6418",
publisher = "Hipatia Press",
number = "1",
}