Teacher Motivation
Research Proposal
Presented to the Gaduate School of UEW
For the award of
Mphil Educational leadership
Teacher Motivation and Student Achievement in Senior High School
By: Gordon Gyasi Yeboah Jnr
Teacher Motivation and Student Achievement Senior High School Students
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 2011
Dissertation
Author: Stephanie S Hayden
Abstract:
Motivation has been used to encourage teachers as well as students themselves to increase students' academic performance. Although research on motivation is extensive, few researchers have examined teachers' perceptions of teacher motivation and its impact on student achievement. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify how mathematics teachers perceived the effects of teacher motivation on student achievement on the state's Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), job satisfaction influence on teacher motivation, and FCAT accountability influence on teacher motivation. The motivational theories of Herzberg, Vroom, and McClelland served as the conceptual framework.Ten mathematics teachers were interviewed. All relevant statements were coded, categorized, and grouped into cluster of themes. All participants reported that teacher motivation affected student achievement and they believed it played a role in their student's achievement. Findings provide district and community stakeholders with an understanding of the perceptions of mathematics teachers' on teacher motivation. The research findings suggested that some teachers were dissatisfied that student achievements were linked to salaries increases. The implications for positive social change include improving teacher motivation, which may lead to improved student academic achievement.
T able of C ontents
Section 1: Introduction to the Study
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Introduction
Presented to the Gaduate School of UEW
For the award of
Mphil Educational leadership
Teacher Motivation and Student Achievement in Senior High School
By: Gordon Gyasi Yeboah Jnr
Teacher Motivation and Student Achievement Senior High School Students
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 2011
Dissertation
Author: Stephanie S Hayden
Abstract:
Motivation has been used to encourage teachers as well as students themselves to increase students' academic performance. Although research on motivation is extensive, few researchers have examined teachers' perceptions of teacher motivation and its impact on student achievement. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify how mathematics teachers perceived the effects of teacher motivation on student achievement on the state's Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), job satisfaction influence on teacher motivation, and FCAT accountability influence on teacher motivation. The motivational theories of Herzberg, Vroom, and McClelland served as the conceptual framework.Ten mathematics teachers were interviewed. All relevant statements were coded, categorized, and grouped into cluster of themes. All participants reported that teacher motivation affected student achievement and they believed it played a role in their student's achievement. Findings provide district and community stakeholders with an understanding of the perceptions of mathematics teachers' on teacher motivation. The research findings suggested that some teachers were dissatisfied that student achievements were linked to salaries increases. The implications for positive social change include improving teacher motivation, which may lead to improved student academic achievement.
T able of C ontents
Section 1: Introduction to the Study
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Introduction
References: September 3, 2010), which detailed their experiences. The study sought to determine how teachers ’ perceived their teacher motivation and if it affected student achievement 5 McClelland’s (1987) theory of achievement motivation has been based on needs - motivation Student achievement: Defined as a summary of cognitive measure of what a student learned as a result of many units or months of work (Guida, Ludlow, & Wilson, 1985) 8 Teacher motivation: Defined as all those inner striving conditions, including the wishes, desires, and urges to stimulate the i nterest in a learning activity (Tracey, 2000).