ABSTRACT
One way to improve the quality of education is to increase professional competence with self-motivation. Self-motivation in Islamic boarding schools emphasises Islamic values. The chapter aims to describe and analyse how teacher professionalism in learning is improved through self-motivation. The research is qualitative in as much as it utilises a case study approach as the basic level of analysis. Data collection methods were conducted by interview, observation and documentation. The informants in the study were the head, teachers and staff at the Amanatul Ummah Islamic Boarding School. The results of the study are (1) professional development in Islamic boarding schools is undertaken by planning for teacher needs, the recruitment and placement of teachers, personal and group coaching and through an exhaustive evaluation of teacher performance and (2) self-motivation efforts towards the development of teacher professionalism are applied intrinsically and extrinsically.
