THE MOTIVATION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN PERMANENT PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSES: AN ANALYSIS OF SELECTED FACTORS/MOTIVACIJA UCITELJEV SPORTNE VZGOJE ZA SODELOVANJE V PROGRAMIH PERMANENTNEGA IZOBRAZEVANJA: ANALIZA IZBRANIH DEJAVNIKOV

The success of teachers in their work depends on several factors. Educational institutions consider lifelong learning as one of the most important factors. In order to remain competitive in the job market, teachers are constantly required to bring their training and learning up to date. In Slovenia,...

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Published in:Kinesiologia slovenica 2011-01, Vol.17 (1), p.28
Main Authors: Majeric, Matej, Leskosek, Bojan, Erpic, Sasa Cecic
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Society
Students
Studies
Teachers
Teaching
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Summary:The success of teachers in their work depends on several factors. Educational institutions consider lifelong learning as one of the most important factors. In order to remain competitive in the job market, teachers are constantly required to bring their training and learning up to date. In Slovenia, the permanent professional training of teachers is a systemic domain of the Human Resources Office in Education at the Ministry of Education and Sport. The present article analyses the motivation of teachers to participate in training courses on a sample of 501 participants who have participated in permanent professional training courses organised by the Centre for Lifelong Learning in Sport at the Faculty of Sport (University of Ljubljana). The results of the study indicate that intrinsic motivation prevails among the course participants. The selected factors (age, gender, education, school level and job title) significantly influence the manifestation of two dimensions of the motivation to participate in lifelong learning courses, i.e. the dimensions of promotion and satisfying the job requirements. None of the selected factors resulted in a manifestation of the intrinsic motivation dimension. Factor analysis revealed that teachers participate in courses in order to be promoted, to acquire knowledge and to fulfil the requirements of the job position and their employer. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1318-2269
2232-4062