On that day The New York Times reported how two psychologists had asked seminarians to walk over to another building on campus to give a short speech, either about their motives for studying theology or about the biblical parable of the good Samaritan.
As argued by Selwyn (2012), research on educational technology is constituted by 'different tribes', each with a 'particular interest and motives for studying technology and education' (p. 213).
(4) He has cosmopolitan and egalitarian moral motives for studying people's minds through their literature, visual art, etc.: (in sharp contrast to studying unedifying and elite-focused political-military history) this promises to enhance our sympathies for peoples, and moreover for peoples at all social levels, including lower ones.
Table 1 shows the distribution of respondents' identified motives for studying dentistry.
In a study in Nigeria, interest, prestige, good job opportunities abroad as well as regular work hours were the top ranked motives for studying dentistry [ 5].
This finding is contrary to reports about dental students in Iran [ 8] and Britain [ 3] for whom altruism and intellectual challenges were rated low motives for studying dentistry.
Students' motives for studying Dentistry have been a subject of interest for years because of the potential for understanding the psychological makeup and subsequent job satisfaction for the dentist.
Similar to the present study, recent research in South Korea [ 15], found that graduate entry students' motives for studying medicine were more 'altruistic' than those chosen by traditional secondary school results-based selection.
Previous studies in various parts of the world have shown that a majority of the students had "characteristics of the profession" and "social status and security" dimension as their top-ranked motives for studying dentistry [ 1- 4].
As is evident in the relevant quotes above, the older group tended to focus of improving quality of personal and working/family life and career satisfaction as personal motives for studying dentistry.
