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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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From the table above, Hall and Langton stated that there are four attractions of teaching, they are influence, job security, wider opportunities, and diversity.
Firstly, in the influence aspect, a teacher is seen as a person who is needed to be respected and honoured, since a teacher existence is important to make meaning in
every learning process. Secondly, in the job security aspect, being a teacher is seen as an assured job for long term. While in wider opportunities aspect, a teacher can
have a lot of chances in the wider workforce since during teaching, a teacher obtains plenty of skills which can be applied in working outside teaching. Fourtly, the last
aspect which is diversity, says that teaching would never be boring since it gives teachers lots of experiences in teaching. The teacher would face and meet many
students who come from different background in every single day. Moreover, they would face different condition in the school everyday. Therefore, teaching would
never be boring. It gives happiness and challenges. Wider opportunities
Teachers have plenty of opportunities in the wider workforce and even stronger agreement that
teachers gain skills that they can use in many other jobs.
Diversity Teaching would never be boring.
