Harmonious Passion as an Enabler of Motivation for the Teaching Profession: Insights from a Small-Scale Qualitative Study

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Title: Harmonious Passion as an Enabler of Motivation for the Teaching Profession: Insights from a Small-Scale Qualitative Study
Language: English
Authors: Penny Webb, Rebecca Piggott
Source: Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal. 2025 16(1):132-147.
Availability: University of Cumbria. LED Research Centre, Fusehill Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, England CA1 2HH. Tel: +44-1228-616338; Web site: https://ojs.cumbria.ac.uk/index.php/TEAN
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 16
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Persistence, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Job Satisfaction, Well Being, Barriers, Professional Autonomy, Educational Policy, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Role
Geographic Terms: United Kingdom (England)
ISSN: 2054-5266
Abstract: Current statistics in the UK and internationally continue to indicate concern with teacher retention. This small-scale qualitative study explores how harmonious passion can contribute to continued teacher motivation, adopting the duality of passion model. Two teachers participated in a semi-structured interview, within a primary school in South-East England. Harmonious passion enabled teachers to maintain motivation due to the increase in job satisfaction and wellbeing. Results suggested that a lack of teacher autonomy and pressures placed upon teachers by government and school policies resulted in a declination of harmonious passion and subsequently lowered teacher motivation.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1484003
Database: ERIC
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