Preservice Teachers’ Educational Values as a Basis for Motivation to Teach

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Abstract

Teachers’ value orientations (VOs) are considered a determinant for motivation to teach. It is necessary to nurture this relationship among pre-service teachers. This study examined 59 pre-service teachers’ value orientations as the basis for developing motivation to teach. Preservice teachers’ VOs, motivating style, and self-determined motivation toward teaching were measured. Regression analysis suggested that preservice teachers’ VOs did not predict their motivation style. Regression analysis, however, revealed predictive connections from the VOs to self-determined motivation for teaching, but different value orientations predicted the motivation in different directions (β from -.349 to .369). The findings imply that value orientations can be formulated during preservice training years, but discrepancies may exist between a particular value orientation and a motivation teaching styles.

Authors

• Haichun Sun, University of South Florida

• Nell Faucette, University of South Florida