Motivation and commitment of English student teachers of some Universities in Indonesia

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Fadhilah Suralaga
Siti Nurul Azkiyah
Rumtini Rumtini
Yenny Rahmawati
Yunita Faela Nisa

Abstract

Teachers play crucial roles; therefore, this study is intended to examine student teachers’ motivation (instrumental vs. integrative) and commitment (committed passionate, committed compromiser, undecided and uncommitted) to teaching. Quantitative approach using a questionnaire was conducted involving 328 English student teachers from some universities in Indonesia. Using the descriptive analysis, the findings show that those having integrative motivation are 56% and the highest figure for the level of commitment is, as expected, committed passionate (44%). Concerning gender differences, more males (M: 60%, F: 55%) were surprisingly found to have integrative motivation, although more females were found to have the highest level of commitment (M: 35%, F: 47%). These findings at the same time reveal a considerably high proportion of those who did not have a genuine motive to enroll in a teacher education programme and to commit to becoming teachers implying necessary measures from both the government and the teacher education institutions. 


Keywords: Commitment, motivation, student teacher, teacher, teacher education.

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Suralaga , F. ., Azkiyah, S. N., Rumtini , R. ., Rahmawati, Y. ., & Nisa, Y. F. . (2020). Motivation and commitment of English student teachers of some Universities in Indonesia. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 15(6), 1642–1658. https://doi.org/10.18844/cjes.v15i6.5323
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