This narrative study explores how two Taiwanese college art teachers’ lives and teaching experiences illustrate the ways they cultivate resilience and motivation to sustain professional commitments amidst challenges in their teaching careers. I use the life story interview as my methodology and a three-dimensional space approach to code and analyze my data to retell their stories about how resilience and motivation have guided them as they negotiated dilemmas in teaching. The participants’ stories demonstrate that in order to be motivated, teachers must satisfy their basic needs, which, in the language of Maslow’s need theory, include secure income, safety, love and belonging, respect, and personal accomplishment. To be resilient, art teachers need to facilitate self-efficacy as an essential belief to face challenges, and they also must gain support from family members, students, school administrators, and fellow members of professional organizations as external support resources. This study also illuminates the significance of international educational exchanges, the teaching knowledge constructed through layers of life and professional experience, and the importance of creating dialogue to address teachers’ challenges. Recommendations for future study include exploring further the relationship between motivation and resilience, specifying how gender difference affects the ways participants tell their stories, investigating how teachers in diverse cultural and geographical settings develop motivation and resilience, considering how teachers construct career-affirming memories from both positive and negative life experiences, and exploring uses of social media to engage a broader audience, sharing participants’ stories without the limitations of time and space.

Few studies research about the causes of teacher motivation. Teachers should be considered as human beings and social actors, with problems and perspectives, people who struggle to achieve their goals and have a full career. They are motivated like any other professional, and by understanding these causes we can work on improving teaching and the effective process of teaching and learning. Thus, the aim of this study is to analyze the motivation of Accounting teach- ers from the perspective of attribution theory. The methodology used was descriptive and quantitative data collection approach. A survey was conducted among Accounting professors from three institutions in the State of Santa Catarina. Data analysis was performed using multidimensional scaling with SPSS software. Results pointed out the motives Accounting professors have to exercise their profession: love for the career; teaching and research; interpersonal relation- ships; career path; personal and professional satisfaction; working for a university; financial; learning and knowledge; vocational and professional status. The relationship between professor, students and their co-workers, effort and luck were the main causes of the motivation among these professionals. / Pocos estudios se preocupan por investigar qué motiva a los docentes. Los maestros deben ser considerados como seres humanos, actores sociales con problemas y perspectivas, personas que luchan por alcanzar sus metas y tener una carrera plena. Ellos están motivados por distintas causas, como cualquier otro profesional, y al comprender estas causas se puede trabajar para mejorar el trabajo de docencia y el proceso efectivo de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Por lo tanto, el objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la motivación de los docentes de la carrera de Contabilidad desde la perspectiva de la teoría de la atribución. La metodología utilizada fue descriptiva y cuantitativa. Se hizo un cuestionario dirigido a profesores que enseñan la carrera de Contabilidad en tres instituciones del Estado de Santa Catarina. Se analizaron los datos utilizando la técnica de escalamiento multidimensional y el software SPSS. Los resultados señalaron los motivos por los que los profesores de Contabilidad ejercen la profesión: amor por la carrera; enseñanza e investigación; relaciones interpersonal; línea de carrera; satisfacción personal y profesional; trabajo para una universidad; financiera; el aprendizaje y el conocimiento; vocación y status profesional. La relación entre profesores, alumnos y sus compañeros de trabajo, esfuerzo y suerte fueron las principales causas de motivación en estos profesionales. / Poucos estudos preocupam-se com a investigação das causas da motivação docente. Os professores devem ser considerados como seres humanos, atores sociais com problemas e perspectivas, que lutam para atingir seus objetivos e ter uma carreira plena. São motivados por causas, como outro profissional, e entendendo-se estas causas pode-se trabalhar para a melhora do trabalho docente e o processo eficaz do ensino e aprendizagem. Desta forma, o objetivo do presente estudo foi analisar a reação motivacional de docentes do curso de Ciências Contábeis sob a perspectiva da Teoria Atri- bucional. A metodologia utilizada foi descritiva, levantamento de dados e quantitativa. Aplicou-se questionário aos docentes do curso de graduação em Ciências Contábeis de três instituições do Estado de Santa Catarina. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio da Técnica de Escalonamento Multidimensional com a utilização do software SPSS®. Os resultados apontaram como motivos dos docentes do curso de graduação em Ciências Contábeis em exercer a profissão: o amor pela carreira; ensino e pesquisa; relacionamento interpessoal; plano de carreira; satisfação pessoal e profissional; atividade junto a uma universidade; financeiro; aprendizado e conhecimento; vocação e status profissional. O relaciona- mento dos docentes com os alunos e seus colegas de trabalho, o esforço e sorte foram às principais causas evidenciadas sobre a motivação destes profissionais.