Process of Social Contagion of Motivation between Teacher and Learners

Abstract

The objective of this research is to examine how teacher’s intrinsic motivation about teaching affects learner’s intrinsic motivation about learning topic through learner’s expectancy formation. In Study 1, fifty-three university students participated the class for learning knowledge and concept about behavioral economics. As the result of t-test and analysis of variance, participants who were taught by intrinsic motivated teacher reported higher expectancy about quality of task involvement and interpersonal relations than those who were taught by comparison group teacher. Participants who formulated expectancy reported higher intrinsic motivation than those who formulated little expectancy. In Study 2, one hundred and fifty-eight university students answered questionnaire. As the result of path analysis, recognized teacher’s intrinsic motivation affected expectancy and this expectancy predicted learner’s intrinsic motivation. The present research demonstrated teacher’s intrinsic motivation affected learner ’ s intrinsic motivation through expectancy formation processes.