Factors Affecting the Career Choice of First-Year Student Teachers

Autor:	Jacobus G. Maree, Andre Swanepoel, N. Hislop-Esterhuizen, M. J. van der Linde
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Health (social science) business.industry education Pedagogy First year student Medicine Survey research Student teacher business Career choice
Zdroj:	International Journal of Adolescence and Youth. 15:39-79
ISSN:	2164-4527 0267-3843
DOI:	10.1080/02673843.2009.9748020
Popis:	The lack of appropriately qualified teachers in South Africa is growing rapidly and frequency of debates about the decline in teacher numbers in South Africa is increasing. In this study, the results of an investigation into possible factors that impact on the career choice of student teachers are reported. The reasons why first-year student teachers at the University of Pretoria chose teaching as a career were studied by using a non-experimental design (survey design; administering a non-standardised questionnaire). The results revealed inter alia that a number of factors influence the career choice of first-year student teachers. Trends that emerged from the current study include the following: many more women than men enter the teaching profession; relatively few students who speak an African language choose education as a field of study and the role of parents in helping their children to choose a career cannot be underestimated.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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