scholarly journals A Study of Motivational Factors for Pre-service Teachers Choice of Teaching as a Career

2020 ◽  
Vol V (IV) ◽  
pp. 88-95
Author(s):  
Kamal Ud Din ◽  
Fasiha Altaf ◽  
Raima Mubashar
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Teaching Career ◽  
Academic Background ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

This study explored 270 student-teachers' attitudes towards teaching profession in two public sector universities in Pakistan. A self-developed questionnaire was used to collect data. The questionnaire included 5-point Likert scaled items. The results of an initial descriptive analysis showed that 'teaching as a source of lifelong learning received the highest positive response. While 'I chose a teaching career because I had no other choice' was the lowest. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that there were three major motivational factors in choosing teaching career: (1) Relatively easy availability (2) being more respected job, and (3) teaching being a relaxing job. Comparisons on demographics showed no significant difference between universities, as t (268) = 3.476, p<.05. Gender wise difference was statistically significant, as t (268) = -2.589, p<.05. The respondents' academic background had no significant effect on their motivation towards a teaching career.

scholarly journals The effect of the teacher preparation program in the College of Education on student teachers' acquisition of professional competencies in relation to their attitudes towards the teaching profession

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Nasser Al rwahi ◽  
Suliman Al Balushi
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Professional Competencies ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Teaching Competencies ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

The aims of the current study were to measure student teachers' acquisition level of professional competencies from their point of view, to determine the most influential elements of the teacher preparation program on the acquisition of these competencies, and to study the relationship between the acquisition of these competencies and the student teachers' attitudes towards the teaching profession. The sample included ١٦٧† student teachers in the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University. Two instruments were designed: one to measure the professional competencies and other to measure the attitudes towards the teaching profession. The two instruments were uploaded on the internet for the purpose of data collection. The results showed that in the view of student teachers, the teaching competencies were most important with the highest ranking, and the evaluation competencies came last. Regarding the most influential elements of the teacher preparation program, the teaching practicum came first, then the curriculum and instruction courses, and then the psychology courses. Also, from the student teachers' point of view, the level of influence the foundation and administration courses was weak. The females outperformed males in preparation and teaching competencies. However, there were no significant differences among the means of the competencies or in the overall means. The females also displayed more positive in attitudes towards the teaching profession. In general, the student teachers' attitudes towards teaching were moderate; however, the relationship between the acquisition of the professional competencies and the attitudes towards the teaching profession was statistically significant.

scholarly journals An Analysis Of The Reasons Offered By Post-Graduate Diploma In Education Students In Botswana For Opting For A Teaching Career

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Waitshega Tefo Smitta Dibapile
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Teaching Career ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Economic Advancement

The purpose of this paper was to investigate and analyze the reasons advanced by Post Grade Diploma in Education students (PGDE) for choosing teaching as a career. The subjects of the study were 102 students of which 58 were females and 44 were males. The average age for this group of students was 23.  Data were collected using a questionnaire in which a quantitative approach was employed using closed and open-ended questions.  The findings of the study revealed that, PGDE students choose the teaching profession mainly for extrinsic reasons such as job security and economic advancement. The paper also indicated that student teachers chose teaching as a career because they wanted   to serve the community.

scholarly journals Teaching Profession Attitudes and the Anxiety towards Mathematics Teaching of Turkish and Kosovan Teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Bunyamin Aydin ◽  
Dilek Sezgin Memnun
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Education System ◽  
Mathematics Teaching ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

Kosovo needs some improvements about its education system and requires some essential and rapid changes in teachers' attitudes towards their profession and in teacher training. Attitude and anxiety are important components that affect the success in profession life and teaching of them. Because of that, the aim of this research is to examine the attitude towards teaching profession and the anxiety towards mathematics teaching, and to explore the differences between the attitude and the anxiety levels of Kosovan and Turkish teachers. The attitude towards teaching profession and the anxiety towards mathematics teaching scales were applied to a total of 64 teachers with this aim. A total of 29 of these teachers were from Turkey while a total of 35 of them were from Kosovo. These teachers were determined randomly from the teachers working in Turkey and Kosovo. At the data analysis stage, firstly total points were divided into the items for each scale and then average points were calculated separately for each one. After that, descriptive statistics and variance analysis were applied to the average points. After the analysis of the data, it was understood that there was not a significant difference between the anxiety towards mathematics teaching of Kosovan and Turkish teachers while there was a significant difference between their attitudes about teaching profession. Besides, it was indicated that Kosovan teachers had a higher level of attitude towards teaching profession than Turkish teachers. Additionally, there were significant relationships between the attitude towards teaching profession and the anxiety towards mathematics teaching not only for Turkish teachers but also Kosovan teachers.

scholarly journals Association between Influential Factors and Teaching Profession as Career Choice among Undergraduate Student Teachers: A Structural Equation Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (31) ◽  
pp. 166-177
Author(s):  
Suleyman Celik
Keyword(s):  
Student Teachers ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
Learning And Teaching

This study investigated the fitness of the Factors Influencing Teaching (FIT) Choice scale in a Kurdish educational setting among undergraduate teacher-training students (N=1335) encompassing nursery, primary and secondary education. The factors motivating this population to become teachers were examined in the Iraqi-Kurdish educational context. The-FIT-Choice scale was translated into the Kurdish language and its reliability and validity were measured. Intrinsic/altruistic and social utility values were found to be the most important factors behind the choice of the teaching profession as a career. Intrinsic career value, social contribution, the experience of prior learning and teaching were also influential motivational factors in this choice, as were social influences and social status factors compared to similar research conducted in Australian and Turkish educational settings, however, fall back career, job security, time for family, job transferability, the opportunity to shape the future of children and enhance social equity did not demonstrate meaningful value as motivational factors in this survey. One of the most important results differentiating this from other studies was that the addition of moral value factors to the original scale revealed that these values played an important role in students’ perceptions towards the teaching profession as a career.

scholarly journals Relationship between the assessment of the formation of conflict resolution compo-nent in the teacher's image and the desire to enter the teaching profession

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-54
Author(s):  
Tatyana Genad`evna Ptashko ◽  
◽  
Elena Gennadyevna Chernikova ◽  
Artem Evgenyevich Perebeynos ◽  
Nadezhda Valeryevna Sivrikova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
The Other ◽  
Personal Choice ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Teaching Career ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Other Hand

Introduction. The article attempts to study the correlation between the desire to enter the teaching profession and the formation of the conflict resolution component in the teacher’s image. The purpose of the article is to identify and describe the relationship between the assessment of the formation of the conflict resolution component in the teacher’s image and the desire to pursue a career in education. Materials and Methods. The study is based on the systematic approach and uses theoretical and empirical research methods. To collect primary empirical data, a survey of undergraduates doing their degrees in education was conducted. The study involved 152 undergraduate students (Years 2-5). For the mathematical processing of the research data, the H - Kruskal Wallace test and factor analysis were used Results. The factor analysis revealed two factors within the structure of the conflict resolution component of the teacher’s image. Its content differs when students assess school teachers, university teachers and themselves. According to students’ perceptions, the structure of conflict resolution component of the school teacher’s image and of the image of the university teacher coincide to a great extent. On the other hand, the structure of conflict resolution component of future teachers’ ‘self-image’ differs. ‘Refusing violence’ in the second factor is associated with ‘following rules’ for students, and with ‘personal choice’ for university teachers and school teachers. The research findings indicate that students with different degrees of professional motivation have different perceptions of the formation of conflict resolution component within professional images of university teachers, school teachers and themselves. When assessing school teachers and university teachers, significant differences were found according to the ‘internal stability’ criterion. ‘Doubting students’ rated university teachers lower according to this criterion, on the other hand, ‘students who do not want to enter the teaching profession’ rated this criterion low both among school teachers and university teachers. Conclusions. The study reveals the correlation between the assessment of conflict resolution component of the teacher's image and motivation for entering the teaching career. The article concludes that the desire to pursue a career in education is associated with such components of the teacher's image as ‘positive goals’, ‘equal communication’ and ‘personal choice’. Low self-evaluation of students’ conflict resolution component of the teacher's image negatively affects the motivation for teaching career in the future.

scholarly journals КОМУНИКОЛОГИЈА КАО НАСТАВНА ДИСЦИПЛИНА У СТУДИЈСКОМ ПРОГРАМУ ЗА РАЗРЕДНУ НАСТАВУ– ПОТРЕБА И ЗНАЧАЈ

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Живорад Миленовић ◽  
Марија Миленовић ◽  
Јелена Седларевић
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Empirical Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Study Programs

The problem of research is the importance and need for learning communication as a teaching discipline in studies for classroom teaching, which is theoretically studied from the angle of university teaching, study of communication science and reflective practice of teachers and on an empirical level based on students’ perception of classroom teaching. The research started from the general assumption that the contents from communication science are important for performing the teaching profession, but that it is insufficiently studied in the studies for class teaching. We also started from special assumptions that the research will single out the factors that indicate the importance of learning content from communication studies in studies for primary education and that it will be determined that there is no significant difference in students’ assessments of the importance and need for learning content from communication studies. For class teaching depending on the enrolled year of study. In order to determine that, in October 2021, on a sample of 108 students of the Study Program for Classroom Teaching at the Faculty of Teacher Education in Prizren - Leposavic, the research presented in this paper was conducted. Data collected by the CSTD-SCC Scalar (〈 = .845) were processed by factor analysis and analysis of variance. Factor analysis singled out three factors: 1) the diversity of content, 2) the importance of learning and 3) the need to learn content from communication studies in the classroom. Analysis and analysis of variance showed that there is no significant difference in the assessments of primary school students about the importance and need to learn content from communication studies in primary school studies, depending on the enrolled year of study. He concludes that teaching contents in communication science are important for future teachers, that they are differently represented in study programs for classroom teaching in the Republic of Serbia, that students generally agree in assessments of the importance and need to learn communication science in classroom studies, which indicates the need to change and supplements of study programs for class teaching with teaching contents in communication science and the need for professional development of teachers in order to acquire the necessary knowledge in communication science. Keywords: teaching profession, teacher, communication in the classroom, socialcommunication competencies, clear and loud expression, quality listening.

scholarly journals I Want to Become a Teacher because…? Student-Teachers Change in Attitudes of Becoming Teachers in Austria and Kosovo

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Fjolla Kaçaniku ◽  
Irene Maderbacher ◽  
Franz Erhard ◽  
Blerim Saqipi
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Teacher Attitudes ◽  
Student Teacher ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Initial Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Teaching Career

The motivation for career choice motivation of student-teachers is a well-studied topic with a representative theoretical basis in teacher education research that has a long-standing tradition in the international research landscape. However, in understanding the pressing questions of why young people choose to become teachers, only a few longitudinal and comparative studies have been carried out that focus on the development of motivation for choosing a teaching career. This longitudinal study reports on the effects of time within initial teacher education and how it influences student-teacher attitudes and motives about the teaching profession. This article is a product of a larger study that aims at addressing the existing literature gap by examining student-teacher change in attitudes of becoming teachers in Austria and Kosovo starting from initial teacher education, during early stages of their teaching career as novice teachers, and to more advanced stages of their teaching career. This is a panel study located within a longitudinal design. In this study, a questionnaire and student-teacher reflection texts were used as instruments. Data were collected in three phases during which 673 student-teachers participated in face-to-face administered questionnaire as follows: 341 (phase 1), 185 (phase 2), and 147 (phase 3), as well as 19 student-teacher reflections. Questionnaire data were analysed using the general linear model (GLM) with repeated measures test, whereas the reflection text data were analysed using thematic analysis. The findings in this longitudinal study provide evidence that student-teacher attitudes and motives for becoming teachers can change over time during the initial teacher education in Austria and Kosovo, and they can be influenced by in-school experiences during teaching practice. The study concludes that motives for choosing a teaching career are primarily intrinsic, are not time-stable, and change over the course of studies. The study findings have clear implications for initial teacher education programs in addressing changes in student-teachers’ attitudes of becoming teachers. The insights gained from the findings of this study lead to recommendations that initial teacher education programs should strengthen teaching practice to better manage the preparation of students and teachers and their entry into the teaching profession.

scholarly journals MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING RETENTION IN PRE-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION ACROSS KARACHI, PAKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Intizar Hussain, Hina Hussain Kazmi
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
Prospective Teachers ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Social Utility ◽  
Honors Programs ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Gender Influence ◽  
The Difference

The undertaken study is intended to investigate motivations of student-teachers in the teaching profession. The sampled respondents include trainee prospective-teachers enrolled in B Ed Honors programs offered by University of Karachi through its affiliated colleges and at its main campus. This study ascertains the Factors that Contribute to their Motivation for Joining teaching profession. Obtained data was analyzed using ANOVA and T-Test statistics. Inferential statistics enabled researchers to find hidden meanings of the data by examining the difference between means of the data; by establishing relationships between the Variables of interest. some interesting findings such as; social utility of teaching, gender influence on selecting profession of teaching, parental qualification and profession’s influence on prospective teachers’ motivation etc. were challenging the traditionally held myths about motivational factors in choosing teaching profession, . The study bears implications for different stakeholders of the teacher education system in order to develop a learning environment that motivates the students to perform and achieve well.

Measuring Impact of Stress in Sandwich Generation Caring for Demented Parents

GeroPsych ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence M. Solberg ◽  
Lauren B. Solberg ◽  
Emily N. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Factor Analysis ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Resource Availability ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sandwich Generation ◽  
Item Questionnaire ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Adult Caregivers ◽  
The Impact

Stress in caregivers may affect the healthcare recipients receive. We examined the impact of stress experienced by 45 adult caregivers of their elderly demented parents. The participants completed a 32-item questionnaire about the impact of experienced stress. The questionnaire also asked about interventions that might help to reduce the impact of stress. After exploratory factor analysis, we reduced the 32-item questionnaire to 13 items. Results indicated that caregivers experienced stress, anxiety, and sadness. Also, emotional, but not financial or professional, well-being was significantly impacted. There was no significant difference between the impact of caregiver stress on members from the sandwich generation and those from the nonsandwich generation. Meeting with a social worker for resource availability was identified most frequently as a potentially helpful intervention for coping with the impact of stress.

Development of the Teacher Attitudes Towards Self-Regulated Learning Scale

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Steinbach ◽  
Heidrun Stoeger
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Affective Component ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Teachers Attitudes ◽  
Development And Validation

Abstract. We describe the development and validation of an instrument for measuring the affective component of primary school teachers’ attitudes towards self-regulated learning. The questionnaire assesses the affective component towards those cognitive and metacognitive strategies that are especially effective in primary school. In a first study (n = 230), the factor structure was verified via an exploratory factor analysis. A confirmatory factor analysis with data from a second study (n = 400) indicated that the theoretical factor structure is appropriate. A comparison with four alternative models identified the theoretically derived factor structure as the most appropriate. Concurrent validity was demonstrated by correlations with a scale that measures the degree to which teachers create learning environments that enable students to self-regulate their learning. Retrospective validity was demonstrated by correlations with a scale that measures teachers’ experiences with self-regulated learning. In a third study (n = 47), the scale’s concurrent validity was tested with scales measuring teachers’ evaluation of the desirability of different aspects of self-regulated learning in class. Additionally, predictive validity was demonstrated via a binary logistic regression, with teachers attitudes as predictor on their registration for a workshop on self-regulated learning and their willingness to implement a seven-week training program on self-regulated learning.

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