Teaching personal responsibility and school motivation

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/reifop.402761
Keywords: Teacher responsibility, school motivation, teachers, pre-service teachers

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  • This research has been funded by the National Commission for Research in Science and Technology (Conicyt-Chile) through the Regular Fondecyt Project 1150533 and 1181159

Abstract

This article analyzes self-reports of teacher perceptions regarding personal responsibility in school motivation. Participants were teachers-in-training and those currently working in Primary Education (n=773) in the Araucanía Region, Chile. Four different profiles were identified from cluster analysis, where responsibility was seen as personal, or shared; and where school motivation was represented as continuous, or discrete. Results show that respondents tend to place responsibility for school motivation within the family for the most effective exercise of the profession. For practicing teachers, school motivation tended to be conceived of as discrete moments, of shared responsibility; while future teachers were significantly more likely to see motivation as a continuous process, of personal (teacher) responsibility. Given that teachers have the educational tools and opportunity to most effectively motivate school learning, it is urgent to generate strategies where responsibility is robustly assumed by teachers themselves; and as a continuous process beyond a specific moment in the classroom.

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Published
21-01-2021
How to Cite
Cáceres, C., Muñoz, C., & Valenzuela, J. (2021). Teaching personal responsibility and school motivation. Interuniversity Electronic Journal of Teacher Formation, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.6018/reifop.402761