Investigating pre-service teacher motivation across cultures using the Teachers’ Ten Statements Test |
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| Authors: | Robert M Klassen Said Al-DhafriWanwisa Hannok Shea M Betts |
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| Institution: | a Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G5
b Sultan Qaboos University, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Motivations for choosing teaching as a career were investigated in 200 pre-service teachers from Canada and Oman. We used a novel structured qualitative approach and two theoretical models to analyze how pre-service teacher career-choice motivation varied according to cultural context. The results of the study showed that Canadian participants made more self-references, and expressed higher levels of individual-focused motivation and social utility value as career motivators than did Omani participants. Participants from Oman expressed greater endorsement of teaching as a fallback career and higher levels of socio-cultural influences than Canadian participants. Results extend teacher motivation “teacher motivation theory” by investigating socio-cultural influences. |
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| Keywords: | Teachers Pre-service teachers Motivation Career choice Socio-cultural Cross-cultural Canada Oman |
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