A STUDY OF MOTIVATIONAL THEORIES AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER PERFORMANCE

ABSTRACT

Teacher motivation and performances are very essential to the continuing growth of educational systems around the world and they rank alongside professional knowledge and skills, center competencies, educational resources as well as strategies, in genuinely determining educational success and performance. This study assessed the differences and relationship between the level of teachers’ job satisfaction, motivation and their teaching performance in Lagos State of Nigeria. A questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. While the data for the study was analyzed using chi-square, the survey results revealed that teacher related sources of job satisfaction seem to have a greater impact on teaching performance, as teachers are also dissatisfied with the educational policies and administration, pay and fringe benefits, material rewards and advancement. Teacher motivation is very necessary to increase performance towards teaching job.