Academic Journal
Motivational Factors in Career Decisions Made by Chinese Science Museum Educators
| العنوان: | Motivational Factors in Career Decisions Made by Chinese Science Museum Educators |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Ji, Jiao, Anderson, David, Wu, Xinchun |
| المصدر: | Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory. Feb 2016 66(1):21-38. |
| الاتاحة: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2016 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Motivation, Influences, Career Choice, Museums, Nonschool Educational Programs, Teachers, Self Determination, Sociocultural Patterns, Background, Experience, Institutional Environment, Interviews |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | China |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0741713615609993 |
| تدمد: | 0741-7136 |
| مستخلص: | Conceptualized by the self-determination theory, this interpretive study examined 23 museum educators' perspectives from five Chinese science museums to understand their work motivation in relation to their professional practice of working in museums. Research outcomes showed that, Chinese science museum educators' work motivation followed a common extrinsic-intrinsic pattern, in which extrinsic motivation was valued and seemed to be more influential in career decisions than intrinsic motivational factors. This finding was found to be different in a number of ways to most museum educator studies conducted in Western cultural contexts. Furthermore, sociocultural factors regarding museum educators' backgrounds and experiences as well as their institutional contexts had differential impacts on extrinsic and intrinsic motivations. This study has implications for museum-education-related researchers, policy makers, and administrators to reconsider the recruitment criteria, in-service motivating mechanism, and professional training system for museum educators in China and beyond. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 45 |
| Entry Date: | 2016 |
| رقم الانضمام: | EJ1086059 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
| تدمد: | 0741-7136 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/0741713615609993 |