Measuring teacher motivation: The missing link between professional development and practice

By David J. Osman, Jayce R. Warner. Teaching and Teacher Education : An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2020

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Abstract This study explores an important but less explored outcome of professional development, teachers’ motivation to integrate professional development into practice. We developed a scale that measures teachers’ motivation to implement professional development in their classrooms. Three samples of teachers (N = 1388) were used in an iterative process of scale development and validation. Results suggest this scale is a reliable tool to measure teachers’ expectations for successful implementation, value for implementing, and the perceived costs of implementing.

Subfields: Education, Social Psychology

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