Learners' motivation at schools in low SES regions in Hungary

Polonyi, T. É., Balajthy, D., Abari, K., Szabó, F., Páskuné Kiss, J., Buda, M.: Learners' motivation at schools in low SES regions in Hungary.
International Journal of Inclusive Education. 2023, 1-16, 2023.

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Q1 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

Q1 Education

title:

Learners' motivation at schools in low SES regions in Hungary

authors:

Polonyi Tünde Éva
Balajthy Dániel
Abari Kálmán
Szabó Fruzsina
Páskuné Kiss Judit
Buda Mariann

published:

2023

type:

article

genre:

research article/review article

journal:

International Journal of Inclusive Education (ISSN: 1360-3116, 1464-5173)

language:

English

HAC:

Humanities, Educational Sciences

subjects:

low SES, learning motivation, school climate, foreign language teaching

abstract:

Our research attempts to explore the learning motivation patterns of Hungarian pupils from a low SES environment in order to develop an innovative foreign language teaching application. Pupils aged 10?14 were selected from 11 schools in a disadvantaged, low SES region of Hungary (N?=?523). We used online questionnaires: a demographic questionnaire, the School Climate Questionnaire and the Learning Motivation Questionnaire. Higher achieving students seem to be less competitive. The difference in motivation regarding maternal educational qualifications is insignificant. Motivational patterns are not affected by low SES, but by the pupils' affective bonding and attachment to their school. Schools' motivational profiles differ from each other significantly; however, this does not correlate with the number of low SES pupils.