MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES USED BY BEGINNING TEACHERS AT SECONDARY LEVEL

Abstract

The main purpose of this descriptive study was to identify and determine the hierarchical order of the motivational strategies used by secondary school novice teachers (N=100) of Lahore city. The teachers completing two years of their teaching experience were selected as sample through convenient sampling. Five-point Likert scale was used to collect the data covering four factors of motivational techniques of ARCS model developed by Keller (1983): Attention, Relevance, Confidence and Satisfaction (Reward/Punishment). Collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics. The study found teachers having tendency to apply Confidence and Relevance strategies most often as compared to strategies focusing Attention. The least practiced strategies were focusing the satisfaction. Overall, study found teachers using strategies requiring less planning, energy and resources. The paper included recommendations to provide assistance to the novice teachers through training and provision of A.V aids in order to improve their teaching competence.