Research On The Headteachers’ Motivating Styles In The Management Of Higher Grade Class In Primary School

Teachers’ motivating style refers to the strategy tendency of the teacher to mobilize and maintain the students’ learning and self-management positivity.At present,there are two main types of motivating style:controlling type and autonomous type.Different motivating styles have different impacts on students’ intrinsic motivation,class and class management participation.The research subjects of this study are 12 headteachers and 564 students in grade5 and grade 6 in W primary school in Xi’an.To explore the tendency,the differences between the two main types of the motivating styles,the feasibility and the formatting of the headteachers’ motivating style in the management of higher grade in primary school,this study used quantitative and qualitative methods,which included the methods of questionnaires,classroom observation and interview.The results are as follows: There are two main types of motivating styles:controlling style and autonomy-supportive style.The tendency of the headteachers’ motivating styles is controlling in W primary school in Xi’an.;The relationship motivating strategy which are used by the headteachers to deal with students’ misbehavior also tends to control.In the sides of students’ misbehavior correcting,learning and classroom rules’ establishing and keeping,the autonomy-supportive headteachers and controlling headteachers have significant differences;Compared with the controlling motivating style,the autonomy-supportive motivating style is more suitable with the higher grade students’ physical and mental development;The formatting of headteachers’ motivating styles is influenced by both external and internal causes.According to the problems found in this study,the following opinions are putforward:The headteachers of higher grade in primary school should improve their autonomy-supporting ability and provide opportunities for students to learn and manage independently.The administrators of the school should strengthen the training of the headteachers’ motivating style,and improve the teachers’ and students’ evaluation mechanism,so as to promote students’ intrinsic motivation and over all healthy growth.