Pre-service teacher career choice motivation: a comparison of vocational education and training teachers and comprehensive school teachers in Germany

Autor: Jan Pfetsch, Angela Ittel, Svenja Ohlemann, Anne Stellmacher
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Multivariate Analysis of Covariance
Economics
Berufsschule
Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik
Pre-Service Vocational Teacher
Realschule
Einflussfaktor
teacher training
Berufswahl
Comprehensive school
Questionnaire survey
Germany
part-time vocational school
Fragebogenerhebung
Multivariate Analyse
Lehrer
Social influence
Occupational Research
Occupational Sociology
lcsh:LC8-6691
Career Choice Motivation
Career Choice
Vocational Education and Training
VET
Recruiting
MANCOVA
05 social sciences
050301 education
Questionnaire
Wirtschaft
vocational education
Integrierte Sekundarschule
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Student teachers
Berufsbildung
Vocational education
Lehramtsstudent
Psychology
lcsh:Education
Gesamtschule
050101 languages & linguistics
comprehensive school
Erziehung
Schul- und Bildungswesen
Vocational school for apprentices
Occupational choice
Context (language use)
Federal Republic of Germany
Training (civil)
Education
ddc:370
ddc:330
Lehrerbildung
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Berufsforschung
Berufssoziologie
Hochschulforschung und Hochschuldidaktik
Deutschland
Integrated secondary school
Medical education
Motivation
lcsh:Special aspects of education
Vocational education system
Teacher education
Berufsbildungssystem
Multivariate analysis
Intermediate school
teacher
Vergleich
lcsh:L
0503 education
Career choice
Zdroj: International journal for research in vocational education and training 7 (2020) 2, S. 214-236
International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2020)
International journal for research in vocational education and training
Popis: Context: The current shortage of teachers in Germany, especially in vocational schools, is of relevance to the education system and labour market policy. To recruit future teachers more effectively, it is of great importance to gain a better understanding of pre-service teachers’ career choice motivation. However, research has concentrated so far mainly on teachers in the general education system. The present study investigates the career choice motivation of students who will become vocational education and training (VET) teachers and compares it to the career choice motivation of future comprehensive school teachers. Approach: We surveyed N = 79 teacher training students in total, 30 pre-service VET teachers and 49 pre-service comprehensive school teachers at the beginning of their university-based teacher training. To measure career choice motivation, we used the standardized questionnaire Motivation for Choosing Teacher Education (FEMOLA) including six subscales (Pohlmann & Möller, 2010). In order to compare pre-service VET and comprehensive school teachers with regard to the six scales of career choice motivation, we performed a multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). Findings: We found the highest means for the motives subject-specific and educational interest for the future VET teachers. In comparison to the pre-service comprehensive school teachers, they rated their educational interest, social influences, and utility as significantly less relevant in terms of their career choice motivation. There are no significant differences on the other three motivational scales. Conclusion: The findings show that the two groups partially differ in their motivations to become a teacher. Therefore, we can conclude that the measures for attracting new students should also be individually adapted to the motives for their career choice. For example, in a counselling interview, the motives for choosing a profession should be discussed and compared with the requirements for studying and later working life.
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