GAUGING LEVEL OF INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATIONS OF TEACHERS WORKING IN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH BASED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WESTERN KENYA UNION CONFERENCE – International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce

GAUGING LEVEL OF INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATIONS OF TEACHERS WORKING IN SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH BASED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WESTERN KENYA UNION CONFERENCE

Daniel Ochola Nyalele, Dr Pamella Farhya Alabu & Dr. Paul Alela Oguta Phd

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to level of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations of teachers in Seventh-day Adventist Church based primary schools in the West Kenya Union Conference. Specifically, this study examined the state of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation given to teachers. The study employed a descriptive correlational survey design. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires which were distributed to 66 simple randomly sampled teachers from a population of 79 teachers teaching in 5 Seventh-day Adventist Church based primary schools in West Kenya Union Conference. The obtained data were analyzed through the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS v. 24) software by the means of frequencies and percentage, descriptive statistics. The findings of this study suggest that teachers of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church based primary schools in West Kenya Union Conference are both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated and the pupils are performing well. The study recommends teachers need to be rewarded for the established sustainability of the good performance of pupils.

Keywords: Motivation, Primary Schools, Teacher Motivation, Intrinsic Motivation, and Extrinsic Motivation.

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