Assessing the Management of Motivational Needs and Carrier Aspirationsof In-service Teacher Trainees of Lagos State Junior Secondary Schools.

<p dir="ltr">Motivation is understood as a concept of management practice used to enhance productivity</p><p dir="ltr">at work place. Therefore, this study examines the motivational needs and career aspirations</p><p dir="ltr">of in-service teachers of Lagos State junior secondary schools. The study is a descriptive</p><p dir="ltr">survey research design. The population of the study consists of all in-service teachers of</p><p dir="ltr">Lagos State junior secondary schools that are pursuing sandwich degree programmes while</p><p dir="ltr">a sample of 240 in-service teachers were selected purposively across each of the six</p><p dir="ltr">educational districts in the State. A self-constructed questionnaire titled “In-Service</p><p dir="ltr">Teachers’ Motivational Needs and Career Aspirations Questionnaire” (ITMNCAQ) was used</p><p dir="ltr">for data collection. The Cronbach Alpha reliability value of the instrument is 0.73. The data</p><p dir="ltr">collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions</p><p dir="ltr">while Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the stated</p><p dir="ltr">hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that counseling by people around and family</p><p dir="ltr">members is the most significant motivational needs of in-service teachers while the highly</p><p dir="ltr">rated career aspiration is finding stable economic security in teaching. A significant</p><p dir="ltr">relationship was established between motivational needs and career aspirations of in-service</p><p dir="ltr">teachers. It was recommended that in-service teachers’ motivational needs in teaching</p><p dir="ltr">profession should influence the way schools prepare and plan their curricula. The school</p><p dir="ltr">management should increase the number of developmental programmes and develop career</p><p dir="ltr">counseling strategies to enhance in-service teachers’ self-efficacy in several aspects of</p><p dir="ltr">teaching profession.</p>