Abstract

This study examined the development in motivation for school in students in senior secondary vocational education and factors related to this development. There have been many concerns about a decline in motivation after school transitions. Little about this subject is known in relation to the transition to senior secondary vocational education. Knowledge about this is necessary, as the decline is expected to be more extensive in this type of school because the percentage of dropouts is high. For this research, 614 first-year students filled out a questionnaire four times. The results showed little average change in motivation during the first school year, although there was a decrease in students' academic delay of gratification after the transition. Associations with motivation similar to those found in studies of secondary schools were found, but only at the start of the school year, not with changes in it during the remainder of the year.

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