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Why choose a career in teaching? Exploring motivational factors that influence the decision to teach.
- Source :
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling; Feb2023, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p46-57, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper reports the findings on motivational factors influencing teaching as a career choice from a qualitative study carried out in Scotland. Ten students undertaking a PGDE (Professional Graduate Diploma in Education) programme at one Scottish university were interviewed. The results indicate that the choice of a teaching career derived from the students' internal needs for personal achievement and from an altruistic dimension pertaining to helping and influencing young people. For some students, negative educational experiences played an important part in shaping their altruistic sense of offering the next generation an enjoyable school experience. Perceived intrinsic rewards of teaching appeared to deter and counteract negative thoughts or remarks about teachers' workload, salary and status. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COLLEGE students
TEACHING
VOCATIONAL guidance
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
ALTRUISM
RESEARCH methodology
INTERVIEWING
QUALITATIVE research
EXPERIENCE
DECISION making
SPECIAL degree programs
STUDENTS
TEACHERS
EMPLOYEES' workload
WAGES
SOCIAL status
PROFESSIONAL identity
STUDENT attitudes
STATISTICAL sampling
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03069885
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163696739
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2040003