Applying self-determination theory to understand the motivation for becoming a physical education teacher

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 190-197

  Spittle, Michael ^a   Jackson, Kevin ^a   Casey, Meghan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extrinsic motivation; Intrinsic motivation; Physical education; Pre service teachers; Self determination theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649103163     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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