本文对国内外有关教师动机的研究进行了概述,研究发现国外的教师动机研究明显多于国内研究,研究内容主要涉及三大方面:选择教师行业的原因、教师动机的影响因素、教师动机与学生动机之间的关系。国内的教师动机研究非常少,相关研究主要涉及教师的从业动机或工作动机、成就动机、专业发展动机、继续教育和学习动机以及教师的教学或工作动机等几个领域。 This paper summarizes the researches on teacher motivation at home and abroad. The research shows that the motivation of foreign teachers is obviously more than that of the domestic ones. The research contents mainly cover three aspects: the reason of choosing the teacher profession, the influencing factors of teachers’ motivation, the motivation of teachers and the students The relationship between motivation. There are very few studies on the motivation of teachers in China. The related researches mainly involve the practitioners ’motivation in employment, motivation in work, achievement motivation, motivation in professional development, motivation in continuing education and motivation and teachers’ teaching or work motivation.