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TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages 142-152Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2016.10.010
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Teacher motivation; Pre-service teachers; Teacher shortage and attrition
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Informed by a multiple, integrated perspective on teacher motivations, this study explores ten student teachers' motivation change throughout a pre-service language teacher education program in China. Drawing on data from the participants' personal reflections, focus group interviews, and individual interviews, this study reveals how the participants' motivations were shaped and reshaped through their professional practice and social interactions in relation to their self-efficacy, outcome expectations, professional autonomy, and social support in their learning context. This study concludes with some implications for policy makers and teacher educators on how to cultivate and promote pre-service teachers' motivations and commitments towards teaching as a life-long career. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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