Intrinsic motivational aspects Sample Clauses

Intrinsic motivational aspects. According to findings, teachers’ define intrinsic motivation aspects of their job as actions which are driven by internal motives such as devotion and love of teaching profession, and desire to do the job for its own sake. This discovery accords with an earlier of Xxxxxxxxx (2010) which refers to intrinsic motivation as being seen as a deed done by a person’s inner desire. By devotion or love for the profession, teachers implied that being engaged in the work with students is one of the main stimuli. This aligns with findings by Xxxxxx et al. (2009) which identified a third category of human motivation, and defined it as ‘altruistic’ motives which implies commitment, loyalty and helping children to become successful citizens. The research findings have also revealed that teachers identify receiving feedback from students as one of the key intrinsic motivational factors. It was noted that receiving positive feedback from students, who graduated years ago, is really inspiring. The respondents also referred to parents’ and colleagues’ positive feedback as sources of encouragement. This finding is supported by the study of Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx (1980) which discussed the importance of receiving positive feedback from students about teachers’ performance which in its turn contributes to an increase in teacher competence (as cited in Firestone, 2014). Teacher competence is one of the intrinsic motivational aspects which was mentioned in the studies by Xxxx and Xxxx (2000) and Firestone (2014) who claimed that feeling competent gives teachers confidence to fulfill responsibilities and achieve objectives and thus increases their motivation. However, it should be noted that according to the analysis of the survey in this study it was revealed that teachers did not rank a sense of achievement as the most important. Even though Firestone (2014) claimed that having a sense of confidence to achieve goals strengthens teacher motivation, the findings of this study does not align with this idea. The findings showed that teachers found, out of both extrinsic and intrinsic factors, ‘a sense of achievement’ as not one of the most vital items which encourages them in their work. In fact, the mean value was 6,94 where 1 was the most important and 10 the least important. As it was discussed in the literature review chapter, one of the internal motives that makes teachers’ job enjoyable is being engaged in working with students (Yau, 2010). Xxx (2010) found that a positive relation...