The effect of motivation on professional development of teachers in Mindat township, Chin state, Myanmar

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the effect of motivation on professional development (PD) of teachers in Mindat township, Chin State. The objectives of this paper were 1) to study the level of teacher's motivation 2) to study the level of teachers' perception on professional development 3) to examine the effect of motivation on professional development of teachers. The sample of this paper was 168 teachers from 7 schools in Mindat township, Chin State. The research instrument was survey questionnaires. The data was analyzed with percentage and frequency for general information, mean and standard deviation for the level of teachers' motivation and the level of teachers' perception on PD. Simple Regression Analysis was used to examine the effect of motivation on PD of teachers. It was found that teachers' motivation was high level with the mean score 3.91. The level of teachers' perception on PD was rated at high level with the mean score 4.12. The SRA result found that there was statistically significant effect of motivation on teacher's professional development with the coefficient of determination (R2 = .391) with the teachers' motivation measured that 39% influence on professional development.