ACADEMIC MOTIVATION AND COLLEGE ADJUSTMENT OF FIRST YEAR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS FROM EDUCATION COLLEGES
Abstract
- The main purpose of this study was to investigate academic motivation and college adjustment of first year pre-service teachers from selected Education Colleges. Moreover, the present study was to compare academic motivation and college adjustment of first year pre-service teachers in terms of gender and colleges. The quantitative research design and survey method were used in this study. A total of 780 first year pre-service teachers (male = 379, female = 411) were randomly chosen from four selected Education Colleges in Upper Myanmar as participants of the study. In this study, Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) consisting of 28 items (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.869) was used to measure the first year pre-service teachers’ academic motivation and Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) consisting of 50 items (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.818) was used to measure the college adjustment of first year pre-service teachers. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, independent samples t test, One way ANOVA and Pearson Product-moment correlation. The results revealed that there were significant differences in academic motivation and college adjustment by gender and colleges. The female first year pre-service teachers were higher than the male first year pre-service teachers in both academic motivation and college adjustment. The first year pre-service teachers from Education College 2 were higher in academic motivation and college adjustment than that from other three Education Colleges. The Pearson Product-moment correlation result revealed that a positively significant relationship (r = 0.655) was found between academic motivation and college adjustment. The results of this study revealed that first year pre-service teachers who have high academic motivation may experience better college adjustment. Besides, this study suggested that instructors should assist college students to improve academic motivation for better college adjustment. So, it is vital to emphasize first year pre-service teachers’ academic motivation and college adjustment.
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Year
- 2020
Author
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Tin Mar Naing
Subject
- Educational Psychology
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)