Development and Validation of Teacher Motivation Scale for Basic and Secondary Schools in Kwara State, Nigeria

Abstract

Motivation is the inner drive that propels the action of an individual. In every organization, motivation of workers cannot be underestimated because the productivity of such an organization is largely dependent on how workers contribute their quota to the achievement of the organization goals. Some factors such as incentives and allowance, recognition, praise, promotions, in-service training, etc. are needed to be put in place in order to boost workers' mora le toward the realization of the organization goals. Considering the importance of motivation to the survival of any organization, the study developed a scale to measure teacher motivation in basic and secondary schools in Kwara State. The sample consisted 408 basic and secondary school teachers in Kwara State. An instrument titled " Teacher Motivation Scale" (TMS) was used to collect data for the study. Content validity of the instrument was ensured through expert judgement. Content ^X validity Index (CM) was found to be .80 the reliability of the instrument was determined by the ordinal alpha coefficient of .89. Exploratory factor analysis was used to determine the number of factors of the instrument confirmatory factor analysis was applied to determine the fitness of the model as well as correlation and agreement tests of the instrument. The study showed that nine factors underline the scale. It was a Iso revealed that construct validity of the scale was achieved and that the model fit satisfied the established benchmark Finally, the hypothesized model was consistent with empirical data. It was therefore recommended that stakeholders intending to measure teacher motivation should endeavor to use the nine-item scale developed in this research.