Jurnal Sinar Edukasi (JSE)
Vol 2 No 02 (2021): Jurnal Sinar Edukasi

Choosing Teaching as a Career: Altruistic, Intrinsic, and Extrinsic Motives

Repblicha Astriyadi (Universitas Jambi, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Jun 2021

Abstract

Teaching is a noble profession and has helped to shape many nations. Governments around the world recognize that quality teachers and teaching are central to the development and maintenance of an intelligent, informed people. This paper discusses about three broad categories of motives for choosing teaching as a career: intrinsic, extrinsic, and altruistic reasons. Altruistic reasons deal with the factors beyond the job itself, seeing teaching as a socially worthwhile and important job and a desire to help society improve. Intrinsic reasons cover aspects of the job activity itself, such as the activity of teaching children, and an interest in using their subject matter knowledge and expertise. Extrinsic reasons can be defined as the benefits and perks offered such as long holidays, level of pay, and status.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jse

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Subject

Education Other

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|Jurnal Sinar Edukasi |JSE|is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to publish multidisciplinary issues related to education starting from applied education, traditional value education, health and medical education, tourism education to local and foreign language education in Indonesia and around the ...