Projects per year
Abstract
Studies drawing on Butler's (2012) Goal Orientations for Teaching framework show mastery and relational goals are beneficial, ability-avoidance maladaptive and inconsistent effects for ability-approach. We adopt a person-centered approach to discern the extent to which teachers pursue different goal combinations. In two studies of mid-career primary and secondary teachers (Ns = 476 Australian, 507 Israeli) we assessed via self-report surveys: teachers' achievement goals, initial motivations to teach, school contexts, professional engagement and instructional practices. Latent profile analyses distinguished four goal combinations per sample. In both, mastery and relational goals covaried as ‘task’ goals. Profiles with stronger ability than task goals were maladaptive for teachers and teaching, and in the Australian sample linked with poor initial ‘fallback’ career motivation. Profiles with stronger task than ability goals were most adaptive, and linked to more positive school climate. Implications are outlined for theory and practice.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 101491 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Learning and Instruction |
Volume | 76 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2021 |
Keywords
- Instructional practice
- Professional engagement
- Profiles
- School context
- Teacher goals
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Pathways to work engagement, wellbeing and positive teaching among mid-career teachers: The role of personal and workplace resources
Richardson, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Watt, H. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/14 → 6/12/18
Project: Research
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Early career teachers' personal wellbeing and professional commitment
Watt, H. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Richardson, P. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Australian Research Council (ARC)
5/01/09 → 15/04/14
Project: Research
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Motivations for choosing teaching as a career and development in the profession: A multicohort longitudinal study of beginning teachers
Richardson, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Watt, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Eccles, J. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/06/06 → 31/12/09
Project: Research