Motivación de maestros de infantil y primaria durante la formación inicial universitaria

Abstract

Resumen: La importancia de la motivacion del alumnado de Magisterio es clave para cualquier sistema educativo. Para mejorarla realizamos un analisis de determinadas caracteristicas personales del alumnado que cursa los Grados de Educacion Infantil y Primaria en Andalucia y las relacionamos con su nivel y tipo de motivacion (intrinseca y extrinseca). Utilizamos un diseno mixto; realizamos investigacion documental, disenamos un cuestionario ad hoc y la entrevista. Concretamente se han analizado 996 cuestionarios y 56 entrevistas.\xa0Los constructos del cuestionario se validaron mediante Analisis Factorial Confirmatorio, y para el analisis bivariante utilizamos las pruebas parametricas y no parametricas correspondientes. Entre los resultados, constatamos diferencias significativas entre los tipos de motivacion y determinadas variables de indole academica, familiar y socio-economica. Concluimos la importancia de favorecer la motivacion intrinseca de los futuros maestros aplicando programas adecuados de orientacion vocacional, realizando una eleccion de titulacion personal y razonada, asi como implicandose en labores de voluntariado. Abstract: The motivation of Teacher Training students is key for any educational system.\xa0 In order to improve their motivation we have carried out a study of specific personal characteristics of the students of the degrees in Childhood and Primary Education in Andalusia and we have related it to their level and type of motivation (intrinsic and extrinsic).\xa0 We use a mixed design; we carried out a documentary research, we designed a questionnaire ad hoc and an interview.\xa0 Specifically 996 questionnaires were analyzed and 56 interviews.\xa0The constructs of the questionnaire have been validated using Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and for bivariate analysis we have carried out the corresponding parametric and non-parametric tests. Among the main results, we have identified significant differences between the types of motivation and certain academic, family and socio-economic variables. We concluded the importance of favoring intrinsic motivation in future teachers by applying appropriate programmes of vocational guidance, to make a choice with regard to the qualification on a personal and reasoned level as well as the involvement in volunteer activities.