The School Climate and Students Level of Motivation to Learn in One of the Selected Schools in Guangdong Province

Abstract

This descriptive-correlational study aimed to examine the satisfaction of school climate and motivation towards online learning at a university in Huizhou, China. The study used random sampling with a 5% margin of error and included 174 students out of the total 318 students. The researcher used two instruments: a researcher-made instrument on safety, teaching and learning, institutional environment, and interpersonal relations, and a modified research instrument by Cabansag et al. (2020) on students' motivation towards online learning. The study found a weak negative correlation between student satisfaction with school climate and motivation towards online learning (R-value = -0.08, correlation coefficient = 0.06). This suggests that as the other variable increases, the other variable decreases. The relationship between satisfaction with school climate and motivation towards online learning is not the same when correlated, indicating a different assessment process.