Article 2011

Teacher-student interpersonal relationships in Indonesia: Profiles and importance to student motivation

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Maulana, R.
 OM
Opdenakker, Marie Christine J.L.
 DB
den Brok, Perry D.
 BR
Bosker, Roel Jan
Asia Pacific Journal of Education
Journal · Vol. 31 · Issue 1 · pp. 33-49
Abstract

This study was designed to investigate the distribution of interpersonal profiles based on students' and teachers' perceptions and to examine the associations between students' perceptions of teacher interpersonal behaviour and learning motivation in Indonesia. Participants were 1900 secondary school students (grades 7 to 9) across 66 (Mathematics and EFL) classes from 11 public schools in Indonesia. The results show that a variety of interpersonal profiles could be distinguished, that teachers perceive themselves more favourably than their students do, and that students' perceptions of teacher interpersonal behaviour and their learning motivation are associated. influence and Proximity were found to be important determinants of student motivation; both dimensions are related to a more autonomous motivation, while influence is also associated with a more controlled motivation. Contrary to the existing knowledge base, this study reveals that the relationship between teacher interpersonal behaviour and student motivation is more strongly connected to influence than to Proximity. © 2011 National institute of Education, Singapore.

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Secondary Education Student motivation student and teacher perceptions Interpersonal behaviour

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Author Affiliations
Groningen Institute for Educational Research (GION), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Eindhoven School of Education, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Funding & Acknowledgements
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
The authors would like to thank the editors and the anonymous reviewers for their constructive feedback on the previous manuscript. This study was conducted as part of the PhD study of the first author while the second author was supported with a grant from a Rosalind Franklin Fellowship (University of Groningen).
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