How can students in vocational education be motivated to learn mathematics?

K. Muhrman
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The aim of this article is to discuss how mathematics teaching with a closer connection to students’ vocational orientation can increase their motivation to learn mathematics. This article uses a motivation theory called self-determination theory to analyse interviews and observations made in two different studies investigating mathematics in vocational education. The results indicate that there are many vocational students who are unmotivated to learn mathematics because they do not see any relevance in the subject. However, there seem to be positive aspects regarding vocational students’ motivation to learn mathematics when they are given the opportunity to work with vocational-integrated mathematics tasks, especially in a vocationally authentic environment. In relation to self-determination theory, it is possible to see increased motivation linked to a sense of meaningfulness, competence and self-determination, as well as increased social collaboration. However, teachers need to be observant of students’ goals for their studies, so that even those who do not see a future in the vocation they are training for will find motivating factors for their learning in mathematics.
如何激励职业教育中的学生学习数学?
本文旨在探讨与学生职业定位紧密联系的数学教学如何提高学生学习数学的动机。本文使用一种叫做自我决定理论的动机理论来分析两项不同的调查职业教育数学的研究中的访谈和观察结果。结果表明,有许多中职学生没有动力学习数学,因为他们没有看到任何相关性的主题。然而,当职业学生有机会从事职业整合数学任务时,特别是在职业真实的环境中,他们学习数学的动机似乎有积极的方面。就自我决定理论而言,我们可以看到与意义感、能力感和自我决定感以及社会合作感相关的动机增加。然而,教师需要观察学生的学习目标,这样即使那些在他们所培训的职业中看不到未来的人也会找到激励他们学习数学的因素。
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