Kitart-e a belső motiváció? – a (még) pályán lévő pedagógusok pályamotivációi
Will the Intrinsic Motivation Last? – The Motivation of Teachers (Still) in Profession

Summary/Abstract: The study examines some aspects of professional motivation of practicing teachers and their trends. Data from two large-sample quantitative surveys with nationally representative samples are used for the analysis. One of them is from the “Analysis of Complex Models of Teacher Continuous Professional Development at the Level of the Education System, the Organization and the Individual” (Models of Teacher Learning – MoTeL) project, which was carried out in the academic year of 2020/2021. The other is a survey conducted six years earlier to explore factors, including professional motivation, that help teachers stay in the profession. The results show a high level of similarity in the motivational structure of teachers currently in the profession and practicing teachers who were active six years earlier, with a stable dominance of intrinsic motivations. This may suggest that in recent years, intrinsic motivations – which the literature suggests are more supportive to staying in the profession – have been the dominant motivators behind the career choices of those leaving the profession, i.e. the intrinsic motivation pattern would no longer be sufficient to stay in the profession.

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