The objective of this study was to verify the teachers' perception from two different cultural realities: Brazil and Chile, about the qualities of the motivated or demotivated behavior to learn of their students. It is a descriptive study with a survey and treatment delineation through the content analysis. 16 elementary school teachers participated in this study: 7 Brazilians and 9 Chileans. The data was measured through an open interview with the teacher and these were categorized. For this, inherent data was created about the motivated and demotivated behavior shown by the students according to the teachers view. The data revealed considerable similarity in the way the teachers from the two cultural realities perceive the qualities related to the motivated or demotivated behavior of their students. The discussion of the data collected is given in terms of their educational implications for the two investigated cultural realities.
Motivation; Teacher Action; Elementary School
