Basic Factors that Affect General Academic Motivation Levels of Candidate Preschool Teachers

Autor/in	Celikoz, Nadir
Titel	Basic Factors that Affect General Academic Motivation Levels of Candidate Preschool Teachers
Quelle	In: Education, 131 (2010) 1, S.113-127 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1172
Schlagwörter	Siblings; Preschool Education; Incentives; Job Search Methods; Student Motivation; Instructional Materials; Preschool Teachers; Preservice Teachers; Birth Order; Teacher Education; Family Influence; Individual Characteristics; Child Development; Learning Motivation; Employment Opportunities; Income; Expectation; Student Educational Objectives; Student Attitudes; Instructional Effectiveness; Rating Scales; Foreign Countries; Turkey; Academic Motivation Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling; Geschwister; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Anreiz; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Schulische Motivation; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschule; Geburtenfolge; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Kindesentwicklung; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Einkommen; Expectancy; Erwartung; Schülerverhalten; Unterrichtserfolg; Rating-Skala; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to investigate some personal and familial factors that affect overall academic motivation levels of candidate preschool teachers. The study group of this research consists of 285 students attending the child development and preschool education department at Selcuk University Faculty of Vocational Education in the 2007-2008 academic year. General Academic Motivation Scale was used to collect data. According to the data obtained from the study, the (1) "intrinsic" motivation levels of candidate teachers are affected by their reason to choose the school, the probability of finding a job after graduation, order of preferences, future expectations, distinctive power of testing and measurement activities at school and their desire to do master degree, while their (2) extrinsic motivation levels are significantly affected by the variables of the probability of finding a job, attitude towards the teacher, social circle, level of income, appropriateness of the classrooms, efficiency of the educational material and number of siblings. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10