A Structural Equation Model for Understanding Teacher Motivation, Years in Teaching, and Student Test Scores

Autor/inn/en	Leech, Nancy L.; Haug, Carolyn A.
Titel	A Structural Equation Model for Understanding Teacher Motivation, Years in Teaching, and Student Test Scores
Quelle	In: Research in the Schools, 26 (2019) 2, S.64-73 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-5300
Schlagwörter	Structural Equation Models; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; High School Teachers; Urban Schools; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Motivation; Teaching Experience; Career Choice; Reading Achievement; Social Influences; Rural Schools; School Districts; Teacher Persistence; Teacher Behavior; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Lehrerverhalten; Leseleistung; Sozialer Einfluss; Rural area; Rural areas; Ländlicher Raum; Schulen; School district; Schulbezirk; Teacher behaviour; Messdaten
Abstract	There is very little extant research on in-service teachers' motivation to remain in the field of teaching. The purpose of this survey study was to test how well Richardson and Watt's (2014) model of influences of initial teaching motivations and teaching behaviors fit for in-service teachers. Seven school districts from a mid-western state were purposely selected to represent districts from all geographic areas of the state: 2 large urban districts, 1 mid-sized district, and 4 small rural districts. In the small rural districts, all teachers were sampled. In the mid-sized district, teachers were sampled from 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high schools. In each of the large urban districts, teachers were drawn from 7 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high schools. These 234 in-service teachers completed the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice scale. Results showed that teachers are motivated by their sense of the social utility of the profession and demotivated by negative social influences. Teachers are more likely to remain and be effective if they have chosen teaching as a first-choice career rather than as a fall-back position. Finally, increasing motivations affects how long a teacher remains in the field and how effective a teacher is in terms of student reading achievement. Results from this study contribute to a growing body of literature pointing to potential ways, including more positive social influences and widespread understanding of social utility of the profession, to increase the teaching workforce with educators who will stay. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA). Web site: http://www.msera.org/publications-rits.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01