2020 年 29 巻 1 号 p. 27-30
The purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teachers’ perceived utility of autonomy support for motivation and academic performance. Undergraduates from a teacher training course (N=235) participated in the questionnaire-based study operated in a two-by-two between-subjects factorial design. The results showed that pre-service teachers perceived the autonomy support as more useful for motivation than academic performance and for elementary than junior high school children. Additionally, pre-service teachers with autonomous motivation perceived higher levels of utility of autonomy support. The congruence between empirical findings and pre-service teachers’ naive belief about motivation theory is discussed.