Abstract

<p style="text-align:justify">In this study, it was aimed to investigate the academic motivations and academic achievements of pre-service visual arts teachers in the Division of Art Education in the Department of Fine Arts in the Faculty of Education in terms of some variables. The study group consisted of 127 (79 female/ 48 male) students in the division of art education. As the data collection tool, the “Academic Motivation Scale (AMS)”, developed by Vallerand et al. and then, translated into Turkish for university students by Karaguven, was used to find out the academic motivations of students, and the personal information form was used to get the personal information of students in the study. In the research, in which the relational screening method was used, the descriptive analysis was applied to determine the motivation levels of pre-service visual arts teachers; independent sampling t-test to compare their average scores according to gender; one-way variance analysis to test according to the class variable, and Pearson Correlation test to determine the relationship between their academic motivation and academic achievement. The findings of the study show that the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations of pre-service visual arts teachers are at a good level. It was found that the amotivation levels of pre-service visual arts teachers were at a low level. As the average scores according to gender were investigated, the meaningful difference was encountered in favour of female participants for intrinsic motivations. It was found that the intrinsic motivations of females related to the achievement were higher. An increase, from 1st year to 4th years students, was observed in terms of the academic motivation levels of pre-service visual arts teachers according to the class variable. However, no meaningful difference was encountered between the average scores of the students' academic motivations according to the class variable. It was found that the relationship between academic motivation and academic achievement was low.</p>

Highlights

  • Motivation has an undeniable significance in the education process

  • As the independent sample t-test calculated in order to find out the difference between the average scores of the Sub-dimensions of Academic Motivation Scale is considered, it is seen that meaningful difference [t(125)= 2.557 p

  • As the findings of the study are taken into consideration, it can be expressed that both the intrinsic motivations and the extrinsic motivations of the pre-service visual arts teachers are at a good level

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Introduction

Motivation has an undeniable significance in the education process. It has an important place in education as in all areas of life. Motivation is a general concept that includes general needs, human needs and impulses. In this case; “The motives stimulate the organism, activate it and direct the behaviour of the organism to a specific purpose. When these characteristics are observed in the behaviour of the organism, it is considered that the organism is motivated (Cuceloglu 1999)

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