PSYCHOLOGICAL VIEWS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEREST AND MOTIVATION IN TEACHING PROFESSION

Abstract

Educators are one of the most important stakeholders in the educational system. They play important role in ensuring the educational process can be transmitted in institutions. Becoming an educator is very challenging nowadays. They are expected to prepare themselves in every aspect to overcome any problems that may arise in any circumstances. Therefore, interest and motivation towards teaching play important roles in enabling educators to perform well throughout their profession. To address the importance of interest and motivation among educators, this paper discusses the views in psychology and the effects of interest and motivation of the educators in the teaching profession. The past research has proven that an individual’s interests, beliefs, likes, and dislikes towards teaching are contributing factors to educators’ excellent performance in institutions.