Anna Riana Suryanti Tambunan
A quantitative approach and descriptive analysis were used to investigate the teachers' motivation in terms of the theory of Maslow's Need Hierarchy of the teachers' job commitment, and how it can predict the urban EFL teacher's competence in Indonesia. There were 42 high school English teachers as the participants from both public and private schools in urban areas. A Likert-type teacher motivation questionnaire, with 24 items that focus on job commitment and a multiple choice assessment based on the teaching competence were employed as the instruments. Descriptive statistics were used to identify and evaluate the level of teachers' motivation and their overall teaching competence. A correlation method was applied to test the correlation of teacher motivation in terms of teachers' job commitment towards the teachers' competence. Findings from this study indicate that there is a significant and positive correlation (r = 0.753) and the R square is 0.567 of teachers' motivation in terms of teachers' job commitment to their competence. This indicates that 56.7% of the teachers' competence can be explained by the motivation as the conceptualization of job commitments. In other words, teachers' motivation plays an important role in the teaching and learning process.
Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia; Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia
