Longitudinal Validation of Scale of Motivation for Choosing Teaching as a Career Smvup3-S: Test-Retest Reliability and Iternal Integrity

Tomšík, Robert

doi:10.18355/pg.2016.5.2.311-319

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“…Indicators of empirical validity of this model are also researches carried out using SMVUP-4-S scale (and its reeditions). The following research facts were found with the use of this scale: gender differences (Tomšik, 2015), the differences with regard to study programs (Tomšik & Čerešník, 2017), demographic and geographical differences (Tomšik, 2016d), correlation with the questionnaire NEO-FFI (Tomšik & Gatial, 2018;Tomšik, 2018a), and DZSV questionnaire (Tomšik, 2018b), satisfaction with the choice of profession (Tomšik, 2016b) and time-dependent reliability was also investigated and satisfactory results were found (Tomšik, 2016a).…”

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“…Following the agreement of the authors of the Fit-Choice model, the scale was translated into Slovak language and subsequently translated by different translators into English. Based on several validations (Tomšik & Verešová, 2015;Tomšik, 2016a, Tomšik, 2016c of the internal consistency and validity of the model, the final, fourth re-edition of the SMVUP model was developed for the teacher trainee students. This model consists of three scales that are saturated with the following factors:…”

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“…Given the specificities of teacher job position and education system in Slovakia, adapting the Fit-Choice model to these conditions has been unsuccessful (Tomšik & Verešová, 2015). After an unsuccessful attempt to adapt the Fit-Choice scale (Tomšik & Verešová, 2015) and its re-design (Tomšik, 2016c), the Scale of motivation for choosing teaching as a profession SMVUP (hereinafter SMVUP) model has been developed (Tomšik, 2016a) aiming at a more comprehensive and valid examination of the motivation for choosing teaching in the Slovak Republic considering the above mentioned specifications and conditions. Validity and reliability of the SMVUP-3-S scale (third edition for students) have been verified using the Principal Axis Factoring (Varimax rotation).…”

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Choosing Teaching as a Profession: Validation of an Smvup-4-S Assessment Tool

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2019

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The aim of the present research was to validate the Scale of motivation for choosing teaching profession (SMVUP-4-S), and to explore its basic psychometric properties on a sample of Slovak teacher trainee students. SMVUP-4-S scale was completed by 1235 respondents with a mean age of 20.1 years. SMVUP-4-S scale consists of 44 items arranged into 11 subscales, which are arranged into three main categories of motivation: intrinsic, extrinsic and altruistic. A latent structure of SMVUP model that consists of two four-factor (intrinsic and extrinsic motivation) and a one three-factor model (altruistic motivation) was tested. Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was calculated using the Maximum Likelihood estimation. To evaluate Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) χ2-test, CFI, RMSEA, SRMR, AIC, BIC and TLI indicators were used. SMVUP-4-S scale showed an acceptable internal consistency. Using EFA two four-factor and one three-factor model were extracted. CFA indicated that four-factor models had a good fit to the empirical data (Intrinsic motivation χ2/df = 4.925, Extrinsic motivation χ2/df = 4.781). Modifying indexes have shown that several items have correlated with residual variances which leads to low fit to the empirical data in three-factor-model. After the implementation of covariants between items this model has also shown a good fit to the empirical data (Altruistic motivation χ2/df = 4.715). Keywords: teacher development, teacher motivation, career choice, psychological assessment.

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Choosing Teaching as a Profession: Validation of an Smvup-4-S Assessment Tool

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2019

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“…87 Slovak first-year university students (42 male, 42 female, 3 uncategorized) aged from 18 to 20 years (M = 19.10) served as test participants, selected by random sampling. At the beginning of the students՚ first year in the TEFL program, their motivation was measured by the SMVUP (Tomsik, 2016a), which took 45-50 minutes to complete. The scale was administered and evaluated by a psychologist (one of the authors).…”

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“…However, the Fit-Choice Scale application in the Slovak Republic was not successful (Tomsik, 2016c). Therefore, the Scale of Motivation for Choosing teaching as a Profession (SMVUP) model has been developed (Tomsik, 2016a), aiming at a more comprehensive and valid examination of the motivation for choosing to teach in the Slovak Republic. The items in this tool were adapted to Slovak socio-cultural and educational specifics and adjusted to the Central European context.…”

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Motivation to Become an Efl Teacher and Academic Achievement

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Kovacikova³

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This paper deals with the motivation for choosing English teaching as a profession. The objective is to determine the impact of motivation on academic achievement by measuring the significance of gender. Teacher trainees (male n = 42; female n = 42; uncategorized n = 3) completed the Scale of Motivation for Choosing a Teaching Profession (SMVUP; Tomsik, 2019a) which measures eleven factors in three types of motivation – intrinsic, extrinsic, and altruistic. The scale is a validated instrument based on the globally used Fit-Choice Scale (Watt and Richardson, 2012) and adjusted to the European educational context. The quantitative analysis did not confirm any type of motivation as a significant predictor of academic achievement. However, gender was revealed as a significant motivational role in choosing TEFL as a profession. Male student teachers reached higher average scores in intrinsic and altruistic motives, compared to female teacher trainees who scored higher in extrinsic motives.

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Choosing Teaching as a Profession: Influence of Big Five Personality Traits on Fallback Career

Tomšík

Gatial

2018

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Personality plays a significant role in influencing motivation for choosing a perspective profession. As empirical evidence confirmed, personality traits conscientiousness, openness to experience, extraversion are in positive correlation with intrinsic motives for choosing teaching as a profession (in negative with personality trait neuroticism), and in negative correlation with extrinsic motivation and fallback career (in positive with personality trait neuroticism). The primary aim of research is to point out the importance of personality traits in career choices via detecting which personality traits are predictors of fallback career. In the research first grade university students (teacher trainees; N = 402) completed the Five Factor Inventory and SMVUP-4-S scale. As results show, Big Five personality traits are in correlation with fallback career and are a significant predictor of fallback career. The Big Five model together explained 17.4% of the variance in fallback career, where personality traits agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and neuroticism has been shown as a statistically significant predictor of fallback career of teacher trainees. Keywords: Big Five, career choice, fallback career, personality traits.

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Longitudinal Validation of Scale of Motivation for Choosing Teaching as a Career Smvup3-S: Test-Retest Reliability and Iternal Integrity

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Choosing Teaching as a Profession: Validation of an Smvup-4-S Assessment Tool

Choosing Teaching as a Profession: Validation of an Smvup-4-S Assessment Tool

Motivation to Become an Efl Teacher and Academic Achievement

Choosing Teaching as a Profession: Influence of Big Five Personality Traits on Fallback Career

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