The master's thesis deals with the motivation of adolescents for participating in the programme of educational institution. The theme is presented from two different perspectives: the point of view of adolescents as well as the point of view of educators. The theoretical part outlines the period of adolescence in general, with the focus on adolescents with emotional and behavioural disorders that live in educational institutions. Then, we explore the motivation and educational institutions, particularly their way of working and the role of educators. The empirical part of the thesis starts with the question of what do the adolescents expect from educational institutions upon their arrival. After that we explore what adolescents think about their level of motivation and what factors influence their motivation to participate. Since educators in institutions spend a lot of time with the adolescents, we wanted to capture their point of view on this topic as well. Eight semi-structured interviews, done in three different Slovene educational institutions, are conducted in the analysis. Three interviews are done with educators and five with adolescents. The analysis of the interviews is written in the form of answers to the research questions and is intertwined with the information gathered in the theoretical part. According to our research there are a lot of parallels between the adolescents and educators’ views on the topic of motivation. Analysis indicates, that various factors affect motivation – interests, wish of success, fear of punishment or wish of reward and last but not least for adolescents important people with their presence and encouragement. Master’s thesis presents small contribution to social pedagogics field, as it shows adolescents and educators thinking on the topic of motivation and what factors influence adolescents motivation. Educators can draw some useful ideas for further work on field of motivating adolescents.
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