Proceedings of the 3rd Teaching & Education Conference, Barcelona

RESEARCH FOR MOTIVATIONAL PERSISTENCE LEVELS OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES

SELIN CENBERCİ(İNAG), ADIVIYE BEYHAN

Abstract:

The meaning of the motivation has been much discussed and theorized in educational psychology. According to the Keller (2006), motivation is measured by the amount of effort the student makes in order to achive the instructional goal. In addition to this, Sıng (2011) clarified the motivation is one of the most important prerequisities for learning also persistence of motivation is a key for achievement (Ushioda 2015). Persistence of motivation is as important as having motivation (Constantin, Holman and Hojbota 2011). Motivational persistence as core component of the strenght of goal striving (Constantin 2008). Teaching is a profession that requires motivational persistence. Motivational persistence level of prospective teachers and development of it are important in their education term. In this research future teachers’ motivational persistence is examined according to the different variables. In this research descriptive model was used aiming to bring about the different variables effect on the motivational persistence. In 2015-2016 Education Year Spring Term in NEU Education Faculty 250 different students in different departments participated in this research. Motivational persistence scale was developed by Constantin, Holman and Hojbota (2011) and adapted to Turkish by Sarıçam et al. (2013). And also in research these tecniques are used to analyse datas; frekans, percentage average, standard deviation and t test. The datas gathered as a result of measurements during research was done in computer by SPSS programme. The conclusıon and suggestıos ll be anouced at the end of research.

Keywords: motivation, motivational persistence, performance

DOI: 10.20472/TEC.2016.003.002

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