Investigate the relationship between professional competences and the job motivation with willingness to participate teachers in curriculum development

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This research is to investigate the relationship between teachers''professional competences and the job motivation with their willingness to participate in curriculum development was carried out. The population of 726 primary school teachers were the academic year 93-94 Torbat-e Heydarieh city. 267 persons were selected Using formula kerjeci and morgan  and  stratified random sampling. Data were collected by the researcher made questionnaire of teachers 'professional competences,and willingness to participate in curriculum development ,and job motivation of Aldham and Heckman . Through content validity, validity was evaluated. Reliability of questionnaire of teachers 'professional competences 0/83, questionnaire of job motivation 0/81, questionnaire of willingness to participate in curriculum development 0/79, using Cronbach's alpha was calculated. Pearson correlation test and regression analysis were used. The results showed that, there was a significant relationship , between the teachers' 'professional competences  and the job motivation with their willingness to participate in curriculum development (p < 0/05). The professional competencies of teachers there was a significant relationship with job motivation. There was a significant relationship between professional competencies with job motivation of teachers (p < 0/05) .Professional competence and job motivation, prediected willingness to participate teachers in the curriculum development  .

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