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Influence of Altruistic, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation on the Choice of Teaching Career in Basic Education

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  • Peter Haruna

    (Department of Science, St. Joseph’s College of Education, Bechem)

  • Genevieve Millicent Sackey

    (Department of Languages, St. Joseph’s College of Education, Bechem)

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Extrinsic, altruistic, and intrinsic motivations play vital roles in choosing teaching career. The current study sought to find out the extent to which altruistic, intrinsic and extrinsic motives influence the choice of a career of teaching in basic schools, among Student teachers of St. Joseph’s College of Education, Bechem. The study was conducted among 300 first year (Level 100) Student teachers. A quantitative method, via a questionnaire was employed to gather the required data. The data was subjected to analysis of Variance (ANOVA) using IBM SPSS statistical package 26. The results indicated that the student had multiple motives for pursuing teacher education. The most dominant motive was altruistic (Mean=1.555) followed by intrinsic (Mean=1.741) and extrinsic (Mean=2.865). There was no significant difference among the influence of the three motives. There were no significant differences among the motives with respect to gender and teacher specialization even though there were a few differences among some of the factors. There was significant difference among the males and females with respect to the factor ‘Teaching offers you a good salary’, which is under extrinsic motive. With respect to teacher specialization, there were significant differences in the mean scores on the factors ‘I was inspired by a former teacher’ and ‘Teaching is a carrier that provides intellectual challenge (not boring)’.

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  • Peter Haruna & Genevieve Millicent Sackey, 2023. "Influence of Altruistic, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation on the Choice of Teaching Career in Basic Education," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(1), pages 964-979, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:7:y:2023:i:1:p:964-979
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    1. Anselm Komla Abotsi & Cynthia Fofo Dsane & Pearl Adiza Babah & Patrick Kwarteng, 2020. "Factors influencing the choice of teaching as a career: an empirical study of students in colleges of education in Ghana," Contemporary Social Science, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 15(4), pages 446-460, October.
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