Predictive Model for Amotivation and Discipline in Physical Education Students Based on Teaching–Learning Styles

Marta Leyton-Román, Jaime José León González-Vélez, Marco Batista and Ruth Jiménez-Castuera
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Marta Leyton-Román: Sports Studies Center, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Madrid, Spain
Jaime José León González-Vélez: Department of Education, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, 35001 Las Palmas, Spain
Marco Batista: Sport, Health and Exercise Research Unit (SHERU), Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-084 Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ruth Jiménez-Castuera: Didactic and Behavioral Analysis in Sport Research Group, Faculty of Sports Science, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: One of the purposes of teachers is to ensure the motivation of the students in their classes and to maintain disciplined behaviours. However, the teaching styles and methodologies used do not always have a positive effect on student’s motivation and discipline. This study analysed the relationship between student’s perceptions of the controlling behaviours of their physical education teacher, together with amotivation and discipline styles from Self-Determination Theory. The sample comprised 922 students, aged between 14 and 18 years (M = 14.95; SD = 0.98). Students’ perceptions of less controlling discipline styles (control of the use of rewards) negatively predicted the thwarting of autonomy need. Conversely, a more controlling discipline style (judging and devaluing) positively predicted the thwarting of autonomy need, and this, positively predicted amotivation, which negatively predicted disciplinary behaviours and positively predicted undisciplined behaviours. Teachers must avoid using controlling behaviours like judging and devaluing, as this reinforces amotivation towards physical education and undisciplined student behaviours. The importance of designing classes where the student has responsibilities to make decisions and to be part of their own learning is pointed out.

Keywords: self-determination theory; controlling behaviours; undiscipline; motivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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