Motivation in Writing Scientific Articles: A Case Study at Junior Higher School (SMP) PGRI 6 Surabaya

Abstract: Writing scientific articles is a good way for improving the teachers’ quality in their profession. Therefore, teachers need this skill in order they can increase their reasoning for the profession. This study tried to explore the teachers’ interest in writing scientific articles at Junior High School (SMP) PGRI 6 Surabaya, Indonesia. It also tried to find out what factors made them interested in writing scientific articles offered to them. This study took 22 teachers as the respondents. They were interviewed in focus-group discussion (FGD). The data were also taken from the interview with the School Principal.  These two sources of the data triangulated, and interpreted. The results showed that both the teachers and the school principal have the same interest and willingness to have training on scientific articles. It was also found out that there was no policy taken by the school and the government for that school related to increasing their skill of writing scientific articles. It is recommended that the training program on writing scientific articles be done soon. The school and government policy is needed. This can increase the teachers’ motivation in writing scientific article.  For further research, exploring the effectiveness of the training program is required.