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 Volume 10, Issue 12 (December 2023), Pages: 231-240

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 Original Research Paper

Motivation in teaching and related activities of lecturers of Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City

 Author(s): 

 Nguyen Thi Thuy Dung 1, *, Nguyen Thi Hao 2

 Affiliation(s):

 1Faculty of Education, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNUHCM, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
 2Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNUHCM, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6551-2758

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.12.025

 Abstract

This research aimed to understand the level of enthusiasm among university lecturers for teaching and associated tasks like creating course materials, evaluating student performance, mentoring, and reviewing academic qualifications. The study used two approaches: a questionnaire survey and detailed interviews with lecturers from six universities within the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) network. Findings indicate that lecturers are generally very motivated in their teaching and related duties, with an average score of 4.27 out of 5 on a motivation scale. However, this motivation varied across different activities. Specifically, enthusiasm was highest for teaching (average score of 4.50) and lowest for grading students (average score of 4.14). Statistical analyses, including T-tests and ANOVA, with a significance level below 0.05, revealed differences in teaching motivation based on the length of teaching experience and differences in grading motivation according to lecturers' academic positions, qualifications, and gender. The results offer valuable insights for VNUHCM administrators to formulate strategies aimed at enhancing lecturers' motivation in teaching and related areas.

 © 2023 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Motivation, Lecturers, Teaching, Developing curricula, Evaluating learning outcomes

 Article history

 Received 2 August 2023, Received in revised form 28 November 2023, Accepted 13 December 2023

 Acknowledgment 

This research was supported by Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) under grant number “C2022-18b-12.”

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Dung NTT and Hao NT (2023). Motivation in teaching and related activities of lecturers of Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(12): 231-240

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