Motivation ur ett elevperspektiv : Kvalitativ studie om elevers motivation i ämnet idrott och hälsa

Sammanfattning: Motivation contributes to increased learning where a number of factors like student participation, interest and relationship between students and teachers play a crucial role. The aim of the study was to examine what makes motivated students feel motivated or unmotivated during physical education class. Furthermore the study describes different factors that students feel are important and how these affect their motivation. Qualitative interviews  with eight students were conducted. Students that we intervjued were very interested and motivated to physical education. The theoretical perspective we used was Organismic Integration Theory. The analysis of the results showed that students were motivated by different factors in physical education class, and the conclusions were that the students motivation effects their participation in substance,  and that a variety of teaching content had great influence on their motivation.