[[alternative]]A Study of the Relationship between Teachers' Work Motivation and Creative Teaching in Elementary Schools at Nantou County

[[abstract]] 本研究以南投縣國小教師為例，旨在了解國小教師工作動機與創意教學的現況 ，並探討教師的個人背景變項在工作動機與創意教學上的差異情形。 本研究採用問卷調查方式，以南投縣公立國民小學教師為研究對象，發出紙本問卷350份，共回收306份，有效問卷300份，問卷回收率87.4%，問卷有效率為85.7%。主要的研究發現包括：一、南投縣國小教師工作動機主要來自「工作吸引力」和「工作信念」，其次依序為「工作報酬」與「工作環境」。二、南投縣國小教師創意教學以「創意教學態度」表現最佳，其次依序為「班級經營互動」、「創新教學方式」、「多元評量方式」、「教學內容設計」。三、南投縣擔任級任教師與兼主任或組長的國小教師在工作動機表現上優於科任教師。四、「年齡」、「子女數」、「教育背景」、「獲獎經驗」、「是否面臨超額」、「年捐款金額」等6個個人背景變項，在工作動機某些層面上有顯著差異。五、南投縣有配偶的國小教師在創意教學表現上較優於無配偶教師。六、南投縣曾指導學生獲獎且自身曾獲獎的國小教師在創意教學表上較優。七、南投縣年平均購買書籍花費較高及閱讀書籍類別較多的國小教師在創意教學表現上較優。八、「婚姻狀況」、「子女數」、「教學規模」、「學校城鄉別」、「擔任職位」、「擔任NPO會員數」等6個個人背景變項，在創意教學之某些層面上有顯著差異。九、南投縣國小教師的工作動機與創意教學間具顯著正相關。[[abstract]] By using elementary school teachers at the Nantou County as an example, this study examines the relationship between work motivation and creative teaching of elementary school teachers. It also explores the differences of elementary school teachers’ personal background on work motivation and creative teaching. This study conducted a survey to collect data from elementary school teachers at the Nantou County. A total of 350 copies of questionnaires were sent out and 306 were returned. There were 300 valid questionnaires. The valid returns-ratio of questionnaires is about 85.7%. Major findings from this study are as follows:1. The work motivation of elementary school teachers at the Nantou County is mainly influenced by work attraction and work belief and next come to work reward and work environment.2. The creative teaching of elementary school teachers at the Nantou County performs the best in attitude towards creative teaching, and next come to interactive classroom management, innovative instructional method, multiple assessments and design for teaching content.3. Work motivation of generalist elementary school teachers and elementary school teachers with administrative positions perform better in work motivation than specialist elementary school teachers. 4. The following six personal background variables including age, number of children, educational background, awarded experience, being overcapacity teachers and donation amount per year have significant differences in some dimensions of work motivation.5. At the Nantou County, married elementary school teachers perform better in creative teaching than unmarried teachers do.6. At the Nantou County, elementary school teachers who instructed students to win awards and received awards themselves perform better in creative teaching.7. At the Nantou County, elementary school teachers who annually in average spent more money on buying books and read various kinds of books perform better in creative teaching.8. The following six personal background variables including, marital status, number of children, the scale of teaching, urban or rural schools, administrative duties, and the number of NPO members, have significant differences in creative teaching.9. There is a significantly positive relationship between work motivation and creative teaching of elementary school teachers at the Nantou County