Teachers' motivational prosody: A pre-registered experimental test of children's reactions to tone of voice used by teachers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Teachers' behaviours drive motivational climates that shape children's engagement and well-being in the classroom, but few studies examine how specific teachers' behaviours such as wording, body language, or voice contribute to these outcomes in isolation of one another.

Aims

This pre-registered experiment sought to examine the often-forgotten role that teachers' tone of voice plays in children's education. Informed by the theoretical framework of self-determination theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci, Self-determination theory: Basic psychological needs in motivation, development, and wellness, 2017), conditions manipulated controlling (pressuring, demanding), autonomy-supportive (inviting of choice), or motivationally neutral, tones of voice to explore their effects on chi

SUBMITTER: Paulmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952248 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature