What motivates teachers to participate in professional development? An empirical investigation of motivational orientations and the uptake of formal learning opportunities

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What motivates teachers to participate in professional development? An empirical investigation of motivational orientations and the uptake of formal learning opportunities. / Richter, Dirk; Kleinknecht, Marc; Gröschner, Alexander.
In: Teaching and Teacher Education, Vol. 86, 102929, 01.11.2019.

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title = "What motivates teachers to participate in professional development?: An empirical investigation of motivational orientations and the uptake of formal learning opportunities",
abstract = "Highlights• Teachers' reasons to attend professional development can be measured reliably with a standardized survey instrument.• All motivational constructs correlate positively with each other at a low to medium level.• Teachers' motivations for professional development predict the uptake of professional development activities.• The wish for practical enhancement significantly predicted the uptake of a formal PD activity.• The relationship between teachers' motivation and the uptake of courses varies by content area.",
keywords = "Educational science",
author = "Dirk Richter and Marc Kleinknecht and Alexander Gr{\"o}schner",
year = "2019",
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publisher = "Pergamon Press",

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