Student Motivation in Determining Career Choices as Teachers in Elementary Schools

(Descriptive Analysis Study of UPI Campus PGSD Students in Serang)

Abstract

In choosing a study program in tertiary institutions, the average student is influenced by different motivations. Motivation acts as a driving force for someone to carry out an activity in order to achieve a goal. To have a career as a teacher, this motivation must come from within yourself, not from coercion from other parties. Because motivation that comes from within prospective educators, especially PGSD study program students, will motivate these students to act or behave in order to achieve their goal, namely to become a competent teacher. The purpose of this research is to reveal the motivation behind the students studying in the PGSD study program and to find a tendency for students' motivation to change careers to become elementary school teachers after studying in the PGSD study program at the Indonesian University of Education in Serang. This study used a survey research method in the form of a Cross Sectional Survey. Data collection techniques used in this study are using questionnaires and interviews. The data analysis technique used in this study is in the form of descriptive statistics which are described by the demographics of the respondents. The results of this study are that it is known that the motivation behind students choosing the PGSD study program is based on the student's personal desire to have a career as an elementary school teacher. Based on three measurement aspects, namely initial motivation to study, student personality, and the results obtained during lectures, it is known that there is a tendency for changes in the motivation of PGSD students at the Indonesian University of Education in Serang to have a career as elementary school teachers.