CAREER MOTIVATIONAL BELIEFS AND TEACHERS’ PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR TOWARD SCIENCE TEACHING
Keywords:
Career motivation, Motivational belief, Science teaching behavior, Teachers’ behavior patternAbstract
The descriptive survey method was utilized in the analysis of career motivations and beliefs of secondary school science teachers in Isabela, Philippines and revealed that the level of career motivational beliefs is high among teachers who stayed in the profession for long years and those with designations that earn them respect and superiorityin the workplace. Thesignificant relationship between career motivation and motivational beliefsuggest the primary pattern of teachers’ behavior toward science teaching. The area of intersection between these variables as supported by the significant predictive value of career motivation point out that the science teachers in the study are mostly vulnerable,the kind of persons who may be functioning but are at risk under stress. It is therefore concluded that career motivation and beliefs can predict the kind of behavior of teachers in the science teaching profession.
Downloads
References
Adams, Victoria F. (2011). Science career motivation and influences.ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda in Education, the Workplace and Society Poster Session.University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Bandura, A. (1997). Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. New York: W.H. Freeman.
Chimwenje, D. 2003, Secondary Teacher Education in Malawi a paper presented at an International seminar on Teacher Education held on 27-28 March 2003 atChancellor College, Zomba.
Ford, M.E. (1992). Motivating humans: Goals, emotions, and personal agency beliefs.Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Frase, Larry E. 1992. Maximizing People Power in Schools: Motivating and Managing Teachers and Staff. Newbury Park, CA: Corwin Press, Inc.
Lumpe, A. T., Haney, J. J. and Czerniak, C. M. (2000), Assessing Teachers' Beliefs about Their Science Teaching Context. J. Res. Sci. Teach., 37: 275–292 doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2736(200003)37:3<275::AID-TEA4>3.0.CO;2-2
Kadzamira, E.C. (2003). Teacher motivation and incentives in Malawi.Center for Educational Research and Training.University of Malawi. Electronic version retrieved on August 22, 2012 from: 3888Teacher_motivation_Malawi.pdf.
Kadzamira, E.C. & M. Chibwana, 2000. Gender and Primary Schooling in Malawi, IDS Research Report No 40, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies
Kadzamira, E.C., N. Swainson, D. Maluwa-Banda & A. Kamlongera, 2001. The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Formal Schooling in Malawi, Brighton, Centre forInternational Education, University of Sussex.
Mansour, N. (2008a). The experiences and personal religious beliefs of Egyptian science teachers as a framework for understanding the shaping and reshaping of their beliefs and practices about Science-Technology and society (STS). International Journal of Science Education, 30 (12), 1605-1634.
Mansour, N. (2009). Science Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices: Issues, Implications and Research Agenda. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education. Vol. 4, No. 1.pp 25-48.
Pajares, M.F. (1992). Teacher beliefs and educational research: Cleaning up a messy construct. Review of Educational Research.
Peterson, Kenneth D. 1995. Teacher Evaluation: A Comprehensive Guide to New Directions and Practices. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc.
Sinclair, C., Dowson M. &McInemey, D.M. (2006). Motivations to teach psychometric perspectives across the first semester of teacher education.Teachers College Record.
Talisayon, Vivien M.(1998). Reforms in Science Teacher Education: FUSION, December, 1998.
Tsai, C. (2002). Nested epistemologies: science teachers’ beliefs of teaching, learning and science. International Journal of Science Education, 24(8), 771-783.
Tudor-Craig, 2002 Teacher Talking Time VSO Valuing Teachers Research inMalawi.
Yong Yu (2011). Pre-Service Teachers‘ Motivations for Choosing a Teaching Career and Intention to Teach in Urban Settings: A Multilevel Analysis. Doctoral Dissertation.Electronic version.Indiana University of Pennsylvania .The School of Graduate Studies and Research Department of Professional Studies in Education. Retrieved on September 22, 2012 from: udini.proquest.com/view/pre-service-teachers-motivation.
