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1. Altruistic Motivation
This motivation deals with seeing teaching as a socially worthwhile and important job, a desire to help society improve
Kyriacou, Hultgren, and Stephens, 1999. The altruistically motivated teachers view teaching as a profession that
enable them to contribute to the society such as by being a part of young people’s growth and development Bakar, Mohamed, Suhid, Hamzah, 2014.
2. Intrinsic Motivation
This motivation covers aspects of the job activity itself, such as the activity of teaching children, and an interest in using their subject matter knowledge and
expertise. Moreover, D rnyei added that instrinsic motivation is “directly linked to an individuals’ pleasure and satisfaction when they perform an activity” 1998, p.
121. D rnyei also states that intrinsic motivation means doing an activity for its
own sake. Teacher who has intrinsic motivation tend to focus on the activity related to the business itself Bakar, Mohamed, Suhid, Hamzah, 2014. Since they like
the job and the joy of teaching, they tend to stay in that profession.
3. Extrinsic Motivation
This motivation covers aspects of the job which are not inherent in the work itself, such as long holidays, level of pay, and status. D rnyei 1998 summarizes
that “extrinsic motivation is directly linked to external rewards or threats” p. 55. In other words, according to Ryan and Deci 2000
, “extrinsic motivation refers to doing an activity simply for the enjoyment of the activity itself, rather than its
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instrumental value” p. 60. Therefore, the extrinsically motivated teachers choose the profession because of benefits related to the job such as salary, holidays or other
external rewards.
b. Advantages and Disadvantages of Teaching
According to Hall and Langton 2006, teaching is a career choice which has advantages and disadvantages. They considered the advantages of teaching as
the attractions of teaching, while the disadvantages of teaching is considered as the unnactrations of teaching. Related to the attractions of teaching, they explain that
teaching is an attractive career because it offers influence, job security, diversity, the opportunity to make a difference as well as opportunities in the wider workforce.
Table 2.1 Attractions of Teaching Hall and Langton, 2006: 117
Attractions of Teaching
Definition
Influence A teacher has a huge influence on people’s lives, and
that teaching is an honourable, important and respected profession.
Job security Job security was seen as assured for teachers
—not only in terms of having a job for life, but also being
something that people can do for their whole working life.
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