MOTIVATIONAL PROFILES OF SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENTS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

In this study, the main motivational variables and profiles which describe Galician (Spain) Secondary School pupils are shown. In order to do so, we start from two basic criteria: on one hand, the way in which these pupils perceive the parent-children relationship with regard to how parents value their children's capacity and their school work is analysed, and on the other hand, starting from the way in which pupils value their own high or low academic achievement, we aim to obtain the same perception as above on the part of the pupils. Finally, the aim is to establish a sequential line, by order of priority, of those motivational indicators which best describe the pupils and which have a significant effect on Secondary School pupil's achievement and learning.