ABSTRACT

Given the current shortage of teachers and the diminishing attraction of the teaching profession, it is important to have analytic and systematic studies of teachers’ lives and careers, and to locate teachers’ lives within a wider contextual understanding. The rationale for this educational research paper is to study Maltese teachers’ professional behaviour and how they define themselves as teachers, particularly in a period of time where teachers in Malta were experiencing reform fatigue. The authors’ aims were to explore the factors which motivate people to enter and remain into teaching, and to identify the routes they take throughout their career. Data were collected through an empirical research consisting of an online questionnaire with open-ended questions with teachers (n = 755). One of the findings shows that the majority of teachers enter the profession for altruistic motives, however, if given the opportunity, they would move into another role or profession.

摘要

鉴于当前教师短缺和教师职业吸引力下降，对教师生活和职业进行分析和系统研究，并在更广泛的语境理解中定位教师生活非常重要。这篇教育研究论文的基本原理是研究马耳他教师的职业行为以及他们如何将自己定义为教师，特别是在马耳他教师经历改革疲劳的时期。作者的目的是探索促使人们进入和继续从事教学的因素，并确定他们在整个职业生涯中所走的道路。数据是通过一项实证研究收集的，该研究包括一份在线问卷调查，其中包含与教师的开放式问题 (n = 755)。