Dávid Smid

Toward an Understanding of Pre-Service English Teachers’ Motivation: The Case of Hungary


The Research Context

In this chapter, I focus on the primary contextual background of my empirical investigation. This entails my critical analysis of the defining characteristics of the Hungarian educational context. My rationale behind doing so is the context-sensitivity of the target construct of my inquiry, human motivation, which has been a recurring motif throughout my literature review (see, e.g., Dörnyei, 1994, 2005, 2009a; Dörnyei & Ottó, 1998; Dörnyei & Ushioda, 2013; Williams & Burden, 1997). Given the topic of my work, I limit the scope of my review to L2 learning and L2 teaching in the public education sector. First, I discuss the results of recent research reports on the motivating capacity of instructed L2 learning contexts in Hungary. Next, I turn to discuss how the work of L2 teachers in Hungarian public education is regulated and how the prestige of the teaching profession is perceived. Then, I dedicate special attention to the pre-service teacher education system. I finish the chapter with a summary of the most important issues and their implications.

Toward an Understanding of Pre-Service English Teachers’ Motivation: The Case of Hungary

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Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2022

ISBN: 978 963 454 818 8

In this monograph, the findings of a mixed-methods, multi-perspective empirical study targeting the motivation of Hungarian pre-service English teachers are presented and discussed. When it comes to the Hungarian context, the importance of the topic is indicated by issues, such as the ongoing workforce shortage in the public education sector and the latest reforming of the initial teacher education system. The present investigation sheds light on the complexity of Hungarian pre-service English teachers’ motivation, which was found to be a bipartite construct interrelated with cognitive, emotional, and social processes. It also offers insights into the motivating capacity of the undivided pre-service English teacher education program as well as the extent to which the initial teacher education system is effective with respect to its student recruitment policy. As such, this monograph might be beneficial to researchers, university instructors, mentor teachers, and educational policymakers alike.

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/smid-toward-an-understanding-of-pre-service-english-teachers-motivation-the-case-of-hungary//

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