ERIC Number: EJ1183345
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jul
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1694-609X
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Factors Affecting In-Service Teachers' Motivation: Its Implication to Quality of Education
Gobena, Gemechu Abera
International Journal of Instruction, v11 n3 p163-178 Jul 2018
This study was aimed to assess factors affecting in-service teachers' motivation: its implication to quality of education. Descriptive survey research design was employed in carrying out the study. In-service secondary school teachers from Haramaya University's three colleges were a targeted population. 303 in-service secondary school teachers were sampled from 987 through stratified random sampling. Questionnaires and in service-teachers' portfolio and action research documents were used to get pertinent information for quantitative and qualitative data respectively. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the quantitative data whereas narration was used for qualitative data. The first finding was that 59.70% of the in-service teachers did not have a reasonable salary. The second finding was that 80.20% of them were not felt important in the society; the third one was that teachers' level of motivation was contributing 63.20% to deteriorating quality of education whereas the rest 36.80% was unexplained variables that have been contributing to deteriorating quality of education. It was recommended that all concerning bodies (ministry of education, zone and district education offices, non-governmental education stakeholders, school principals, supervisors, and parents) in the study areas should search for different mechanisms to improve unreasonable salary, low social factors and to improve poorly motivated teachers through using different reinforcements techniques in kind and type to sustain the quality-education in the country.
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Motivation, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Questionnaires, Action Research, Mixed Methods Research
International Journal of Instruction. Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Eskisehir, 26480, Turkey. e-mail: iji@ogu.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.e-iji.net
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ethiopia
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