The Relationship Between the Perception of the Society Related to Teaching Profession and Teachers’ Professional Motivation According to Teachers View

Abstract

There is a big difficulty for teachers in order to reach desired aims, and teachers need motivation to do this job properly. The aim of study, which is managed in a quantitive approach, is to define relationship between how teaching is seen for society and perception of teachers’ professional motivation from a teacher’s perception for both variables. And finally, analyses were made on how teachers’ professional perception from society predicts their professional motivation. The research has conducted on survey method. The sample of study was consisted of 545 teachers working in primary school, middle high school and high school in province center of Duzce. Both instruments used in research (motivation of teaching and perception of society related to teaching profession) developed by researchers and pilot application was also carried out. As a result of research, it was found that professional perceptions of teachers were in moderate level and professional motivations were relatively high. The correlation between professional perceptions and professional motivations of teachers’ is positive and intermediate level. It has been revealed that perception of teaching of society was at a low level of professional motivation of teachers. It is seen that low-level coefficient in path analysis was close to Pearson Correlation between occupational perception and occupational motivation. According to teachers, perception of teaching in society, has been found to be most predictor of the and value attributed to profession as one of subscales of motivation scale. It is possible to say that as value / importance assigned by society to teaching increases, motivation of teacher will increase at a low level.