Forum on teacher motivation
BECAUSE October is National Teachers’Month, the Department of Education the other day conducted a forum titled “Teacher Motivation: iTeach for a Better Future”, which featured the findings and recommendations of a study focusing on motivation among Filipino teachers.
The forum was held in coordination with the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology or SEAMEO INNOTECH, the DepEd said.
Meanwhile, the title of the featured study is “Exploring Teachers’Whys: Understanding Motivation Among Teachers in the Philippines”. It stemmed from a speech delivered by Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones’ during the SEAMEO Governing Board Meeting in 2017, where she emphasized the importance of understanding teachers’motivations to improve student achievement outcomes.
To answer this call, INNOTECH conducted the study to gain a deeper understanding into the main reasons for going into the teaching profession and for pursuing a teaching career.
Researchers from INNOTECH, aimed at providing policy recommendations that will encourage teachers to join and remain in the Philippine education system, surveyed a total of 107 public elementary and secondary schools from 21 school divisions across 17 regions. Meantime, some 2,764 teachers were interviewed for the study.
To further understand the research, a specialist and researcher from INNOTECH presented the main findings of the study, while representatives from the UP College of Education, Philippine Normal University and DepEd gave their reactions to the presented findings.
The Forum was livestreamed through DepEd Philippines’and SEAMEO INNOTECH’s Facebook pages.
This forum, which is held every year, is organized by INNOTECH as part of its contributions to the National Teachers Month Coordinating Council (NTMCC). INNOTECH’s Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology is also part of a regional intergovernmental organization dedicated to developing solutions to address education development concerns in Southeast Asia.