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Chapter1Teachersasaprofessionalgroup
ateacherismotivatedtoteach,thereisagoodchancethathisorherstudents
willbemotivatedtolearn.(Dörnyei,2001:156)
Tryingtodefinemotivationtoteach,Dörnyei(2001:156)initiallypoints
outthatitisaconceptthatdoesnotdepartfromthegeneralunderstanding
ofwhatitmightmean:adrivetoperformanaction,basedonthevaluewe
attachtotheoutcomeofouractions,ourgoalsandexpectations,andhow
determinedweareinourbehaviour.Itcanbelookedatfromtheperspectiveof
howmuchoneisreadytocommitoneselftothejob.Ontheotherhand,itcan
alsobeawayoffulfillingone)shumanneeds,asdefinedbyMaslow.Maslow)s
perceptionofahumanbeingrestsuponthebeliefthattherearedińerentlevels
ofneedthathavetobesatisfiedtobecomefullyrealisedinone)slife.Tey
areorganisedhierarchically-fromtheprimaryneedsforfoodandshelter,
throughemotionalneedsoffriendshipandlovetohigherlevelsofbeingcreative,
successfulandrealisingone)sownpotentialtothefull.Tishierarchyofneeds
clearlyconstitutesamotivationaldriveatitsvariouslevels.Itisexpressedby
thedegreeofsatisfactiononegetsfromone)sactions,whichisanimportant
aspectofanyjob.However,itisespeciallysignificantinthecaseofteachers)
work.Nias(1989:211)says:
[ł]itiseasytoseehowthepressuresoftheclassroomandstańroom
lifestimulateinteachers,atdińerenttimes,afelt-needtoexperience:
thesensationofbelonging;self-esteem;afeelingofcontrol,orofinfluence
overothers;orasenseoffulfillmentarisingfromself-expressionandpersonal
development.
Niasalsoexpandsaneedoffulfillmentbyaddingthefactorofdegreeofeńort
assignificantinteachermotivation.Insearchofreward,theamountofeńortput
intoworkandthepay-ońforsodoing,isreflectedinteachingsuccessandwill
havethepowertoeithermotivatetheteacherorwillhavetheoppositeeńect,
makingone)smotivationdecreaseiffailureoccurs,irrespectiveofhowmuch
eńortisputintowork.
Dörnyei(2001)identifiesfourmajorand,atthesametime,specificfeaturesof
motivationtoteach:anintrinsiccomponent,contextualfactors,itsfluctuating
characteranditsfragility.
Asstatisticsshow,teacherdropoutfromtheprofessionisreallyhigh,which
maybeassumedtoresultfromtheabove-mentionednegativeinfluences
theteachersareunabletocopewith.Tatiswhytheteachertrainingand
inductionperiodneedstoaddresstheseissuesfrankly.Itisalsopersonal
circumstanceswhichmaketheteacherworkinagivenschool,itslocationbeing
asignificantfactor.Butiftheschooldoesnotońertheprospectofpromotion
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