Factors affecting the sustainability of a teaching career

Exploring Relationships Between K–12 Music Educators’ Demographics, Perceptions of Intrapreneuring, and Motivation at Work

“…Intrapreneurialism holds unique promise for music educators—a pathway to self-determination and enhanced intrinsic motivation at work (Baard, Deci, & Ryan, 2004; Turban, Tan, Brown, & Sheldon, 2007). Scholars and practitioners across disciplines have embraced similar teacher-driven models of educational improvement (Cohen & Scheer, 2003; Gumm, 2003; Raiber & Teachout, 2014) and have explored approaches to enhancing teachers’ work motivation (Hammerness, 2008; Scheib, 2003; Talts, Kukk, & Muldma, 2011). These and other acknowledgments of the teacher’s perspective have grown in number and relevance, yet education leaders still devote the majority of their attention to either student- or system-centric models of reform (Cohen, 2002).…”