The consequences of job-related pressure for self-determined teaching

• Published in: Social psychology of education Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 133 - 148
• Main Author: Martinek, Daniela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Education; Educational psychology; Foreign Countries; Health aspects; Needs; Occupational stress; Personality and Social Psychology; Politics of Education; Professional Autonomy; Psychological Needs; Psychological Patterns; Secondary School Teachers; Self Determination; Self Efficacy; Sociology of Education; Stress Variables; Surveys; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Characteristics; Teacher Motivation; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching Conditions; Teamwork; Austria; Psychological needs satisfaction; Autonomy; Job-related pressure; Self-efficacy; Teaching profession

In education, there is a common understanding that teachers contribute significantly to the motivation of their pupils. However, the instructors’ own psychological needs in the tradition of the Self-determination Theory (Ryan and Deci Self-determination theory: basic psychological needs in motivatio...