Motivation and Competency
Title: “The Level of Motivation and the Teaching Competency of High School Teachers in
Laguna College of Business and Arts, A.Y. 2012-2013.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Profession is a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive preparation including instruction in skills and methods as well as in the scientific, historical or scholarly principles underlying such skills and methods. A person who has a profession can be called a professional. It has different types of field. It can be in the field of medicine or in other. One of these professions is teaching. It requires a lot of commitment, passion, knowledge, interest and skills. The process of teaching learning transaction depends on the efficiency of a teacher, who is in turn able to manifest potentialities of a child. High competency is a must in this profession because it can affect the future generations. In other country, teachers are valued by the government by giving them a high salary like in Thailand and Malaysia. In the Philippines, teachers are given a non-increasing salary. This salary can raise or lower one’s motivation. Motivation is the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal and elicits, controls, and sustains certain goal directed behaviors. It can be considered a driving force; a psychological drive that compels or reinforces an action toward a desired goal. Motivation has two types; the intrinsic and the extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that is driven by an interest or enjoyment in the task itself, and exists within the individual rather than relying on any external pressure. On the other hand, extrinsic motivation refers to the performance of an activity in order to attain an outcome, whether or not that activity is also intrinsically motivated. Extrinsic motivation comes from outside of the individual. Common extrinsic motivations are rewards for showing the desired behavior, and the threat of
Laguna College of Business and Arts, A.Y. 2012-2013.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Profession is a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive preparation including instruction in skills and methods as well as in the scientific, historical or scholarly principles underlying such skills and methods. A person who has a profession can be called a professional. It has different types of field. It can be in the field of medicine or in other. One of these professions is teaching. It requires a lot of commitment, passion, knowledge, interest and skills. The process of teaching learning transaction depends on the efficiency of a teacher, who is in turn able to manifest potentialities of a child. High competency is a must in this profession because it can affect the future generations. In other country, teachers are valued by the government by giving them a high salary like in Thailand and Malaysia. In the Philippines, teachers are given a non-increasing salary. This salary can raise or lower one’s motivation. Motivation is the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal and elicits, controls, and sustains certain goal directed behaviors. It can be considered a driving force; a psychological drive that compels or reinforces an action toward a desired goal. Motivation has two types; the intrinsic and the extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that is driven by an interest or enjoyment in the task itself, and exists within the individual rather than relying on any external pressure. On the other hand, extrinsic motivation refers to the performance of an activity in order to attain an outcome, whether or not that activity is also intrinsically motivated. Extrinsic motivation comes from outside of the individual. Common extrinsic motivations are rewards for showing the desired behavior, and the threat of