Motivation and morality to manage a class: perceptions of homeroom teachers in China's Tianjin city

This study examines homeroom teachers' motivation and morality in their classroom-level leadership in China. Data are drawn from questionnaires completed by 137 junior middle school homeroom teachers from Tianjin city, and semi-structured interviews with 10 of them. The participating homeroom t...

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Published in:Educational studies 2023-03, Vol.49 (2), p.418-436
Main Authors: Ye, Wangbei, Zhu, Liping, Ye, Wangqiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
China
Classroom Techniques
Classrooms
Educational leadership
Foreign Countries
homeroom teacher
management
Masters Degrees
Middle School Teachers
Moral Values
Morality
Motivation
Perceptions
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Motivation
Tianjin
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Summary:This study examines homeroom teachers' motivation and morality in their classroom-level leadership in China. Data are drawn from questionnaires completed by 137 junior middle school homeroom teachers from Tianjin city, and semi-structured interviews with 10 of them. The participating homeroom teachers saw themselves as having high levels of both motivation and teacher morality. And the variable - teacher with a master's degree - have significant correlations with teachers' perceptions of motivation. This study suggests a "morality-motivation-management" framework for understanding the interaction of motivation and morality in homeroom teachers' classroom-level leadership in China.
ISSN:0305-5698
1465-3400
DOI:10.1080/03055698.2021.1873736