TY - JOUR
T1 - Teachers' goal orientations for teaching
T2 - Associations with instructional practices, interest in teaching, and burnout
AU - Retelsdorf, Jan
AU - Butler, Ruth
AU - Streblow, Lilian
AU - Schiefele, Ulrich
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - Two studies (one longitudinal) were designed to extend Butler's model of teachers' goal orientations for teaching. In Study 1, results from 281 teachers in Germany confirmed the predicted four-factor model comprising mastery, ability-approach, ability-avoidance, and work-avoidance goal orientations. As expected, mastery orientation and work avoidance emerged as positive and negative predictors, respectively, of adaptive patterns of instruction (mastery-oriented practices and cognitive stimulation) and high interest in teaching and low burnout; associations for both ability orientations were less consistent. In Study 2, 69 Israeli teachers completed the measures of instructional practices, interest in teaching and burnout several months after reporting their goal orientations. Results were very similar to those of Study 1. The two studies confirm that research on teachers' goal orientation is promising and has implications for understanding how teacher motivation might influence both teachers and their students.
AB - Two studies (one longitudinal) were designed to extend Butler's model of teachers' goal orientations for teaching. In Study 1, results from 281 teachers in Germany confirmed the predicted four-factor model comprising mastery, ability-approach, ability-avoidance, and work-avoidance goal orientations. As expected, mastery orientation and work avoidance emerged as positive and negative predictors, respectively, of adaptive patterns of instruction (mastery-oriented practices and cognitive stimulation) and high interest in teaching and low burnout; associations for both ability orientations were less consistent. In Study 2, 69 Israeli teachers completed the measures of instructional practices, interest in teaching and burnout several months after reporting their goal orientations. Results were very similar to those of Study 1. The two studies confirm that research on teachers' goal orientation is promising and has implications for understanding how teacher motivation might influence both teachers and their students.
KW - Achievement goal orientations for teaching
KW - Burnout
KW - Instructional practices
KW - Interest in teaching
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70449633575&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.01.001
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AN - SCOPUS:70449633575
SN - 0959-4752
VL - 20
SP - 30
EP - 46
JO - Learning and Instruction
JF - Learning and Instruction
IS - 1
ER -