Pre-service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership

Zeynep Ölçü Dinçer; Gölge Seferoğlu

doi:10.24106/kefdergi.2308

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Pre-service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership

Abstract

This mixed-methods study was conducted to investigate pre-service teachers' career development aspirations with an emphasis on their leadership motivations and plans for professional development. A cohort of 672 senior pre-service English teachers answered the questionnaire and 88 of them were interviewed. Inferential and descriptive statistics were employed for quantitative data, and qualitative data were thematically analyzed. Leadership aspirations of teacher candidates were found to be moderate and mainly affected by observations as a learner. Participants' professional development motivations were high but they had very limited knowledge about the developmental activities. A remarkable number of interviewee had no idea about professional development. Finally, no significant difference was found between universities.

Keywords

Career development aspirations,pre-service teachers,leadership aspirations,professional development plans

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zeynep Ölçü Dinçer This is me
Türkiye

Gölge Seferoğlu
Türkiye

Publication Date

November 15, 2018

Submission Date

October 7, 2017

Acceptance Date

November 7, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 26 Number: 6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.2308

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA74YC54JS

APA

Ölçü Dinçer, Z., & Seferoğlu, G. (2018). Pre-service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership. Kastamonu Education Journal, 26(6), 2033-2044. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.2308

AMA

1.Ölçü Dinçer Z, Seferoğlu G. Pre-service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2018;26(6):2033-2044. doi:10.24106/kefdergi.2308

Chicago

Ölçü Dinçer, Zeynep, and Gölge Seferoğlu. 2018. “Pre-Service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership”. Kastamonu Education Journal 26 (6): 2033-44. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.2308.

EndNote

Ölçü Dinçer Z, Seferoğlu G (November 1, 2018) Pre-service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership. Kastamonu Education Journal 26 6 2033–2044.

IEEE

[1]Z. Ölçü Dinçer and G. Seferoğlu, “Pre-service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership”, Kastamonu Education Journal, vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 2033–2044, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.24106/kefdergi.2308.

ISNAD

Ölçü Dinçer, Zeynep - Seferoğlu, Gölge. “Pre-Service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership”. Kastamonu Education Journal 26/6 (November 1, 2018): 2033-2044. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.2308.

JAMA

1.Ölçü Dinçer Z, Seferoğlu G. Pre-service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2018;26:2033–2044.

MLA

Ölçü Dinçer, Zeynep, and Gölge Seferoğlu. “Pre-Service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership”. Kastamonu Education Journal, vol. 26, no. 6, Nov. 2018, pp. 2033-44, doi:10.24106/kefdergi.2308.

Vancouver

1.Zeynep Ölçü Dinçer, Gölge Seferoğlu. Pre-service English Teachers’ Career Development Aspirations: Professional Development and Leadership. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2018 Nov. 1;26(6):2033-44. doi:10.24106/kefdergi.2308