A Study on Teachers as Crucial Facilitators in Psychological Needs and the Quality of Student Participation in Physical Education

Studying motivation is crucial for understanding why some students show strong levels of behavioural, cognitive, and emotional involvement in learning. In contrast, others lack interest, offer boredom, and withdraw effort (i.e., are disgruntled). This study applies self-determination theory (SDT) principles to analyze student involvement and disaffection in school physical education (PE). Our analysis focuses on the idea in Self-Determination Theory that meeting fundamental psychological needs (