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1.3
Motivationtoteach
1.Wantachallenging/stable/rewardingcareer(45percent).
2.Enjoythesubject/wanttopassonloveofthesubject(16percent).
3.Loveofchildren/wanttoworkwithchildren/wanttoinspireyoungpeople
(12percent).
4.Alwayswantedtoteach(6percent).
5.Changeincareer(4percent).
Whatprovestobeveryinterestingisthatthereasonsforchoosingthe
professionofteacheraredińerentfortraineesondińerentcourses.Psychological
preferencessuchastheneedtolistenandcommunicate,createenthusiasm
andexcitementaregiveninthecaseofhumanitiestrainees(amongthemFL
instruction)whichrequireso-calledfacilitativeteaching.Atthesametime,
thetransmissionmodelofteachingisrepresentedinthemotivesforchoosing
teachingsciences,whereknowledge,clarityandcohesionareseenasprevailing
features(Jarvis&Woodrow,2005).
Tabor(2008)looksatmotivationtobecomeateachermoreholistically.She
arguesthatitisthebiographyofanindividualwhichisdetermining.Ithastobe
seenasnotjustacollectionofindividuallifeepisodesbutasawhole,constituting
alargerprocessofbecoming,inwhicheverypresentstageisdeeplyrootedinpast
experienceandinfluencedbytheanticipationofeventstocomeinthefuture.
Troughthequalitativeanalysisofaselectedgroupofteachersandtheirlife
stories,Tabor(2008)establishesdińerentmodelsforteacherbiographiesand
theirimpactonthecreationandevolutionoftheirbeliefsaboutteachingandhow
theyadapttospecificmodelsofteaching.Hermajorinterestliesindescribing
theroleofinteractivepatternswithinafamily,thepeercontextandprofessional
environmentatthestageofadulthoodandstabilisationinteachers)lives.Shealso
pointsoutwhatarethecriticaleventsexperiencedinlifeandtheroleofsignificant
personsasvariablesinbecomingaspecifictypeofteacher.Inherqualitative
analysisofmotivesfortakingupateachingjob,Taborpointstotheinitial
influencesofone)sfamilyattheearlieststagesoflife,identificationwithone)s
ownteacher(s)andearlyteachingexperiences.Onthebasisofherdata,Tabor
concludesthatalthoughmotiveswereverydiverse,somecouldbeunderstood
asmoreconducivetosuccessinateachingcareerthanothers.However,as
theselectedteacher)sbiographiesshow,thisisnotalwaysthecase.Fortheprocess
ofbecomingateacherisalsoaprocessofundergoingchangesofmotivation-in
typeandintensity,andofenregisteringtheinstabilityofone)sbeliefs.
1.3.2
Asamplestudyofpre-serviceteachers’motivations
Astudycarriedoutbyme(Gabryś-Barker,2010)onagroupof15pre-service
teachersofEFLdemonstratestrainees)reflectionsontheirattitudesand
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