Exploring the Link Between Teachers’ Motivation for Continuous Professional Development and Professional Learning Communities: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Sintayehu Belay and Tadesse Melesse

SAGE Open, 2024, vol. 14, issue 3, 21582440241281855

Abstract: This study’s main objective was to use structural equation modeling to examine the direct effects of teachers’ amotivation, identified regulation, external regulation, introjected regulation, and intrinsic motivation on PLC development in Ethiopia’s Awi administrative zone’s primary and middle schools. For this purpose, a correlational quantitative study design was used. The arbitrarily selected 342 primary and middle school teachers were the major data sources through a questionnaire. The findings of this study confirmed that unlike identified regulation, introjected regulation, and amotivation, teachers’ intrinsic motivation for continuous professional development and external regulation has a significantly positive and strong direct effect on building a professional learning community in schools. Besides, teacher intrinsic motivation fully mediated the influence of introjected regulation and identified regulation on enhancing professional learning communities, but amotivation and external regulation did not. In conclusion, the study underscores the critical role of intrinsic motivation in fostering PLC development in schools. Educational stakeholders should prioritize initiatives that promote teachers’ intrinsic motivation, autonomy, and sense of purpose to cultivate vibrant learning communities.

Keywords: motivation; intrinsic motivation; continuous professional development; lifelong learning; professional learning community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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