Prospective Elementary Classroom Teachers’ Motives for Selecting Teaching Profession

Year 2010, Volume: 28 Issue: 28, 201 - 212, 01.02.2010

Hülya Çermik Birsen Doğan Abdurrahman Şahin

Abstract

This descriptive study is conducted to identify the factors influencing prospective teachers’ career choices and to reveal if their career choice perceptions change at the end of a teacher education program. Participants were 157 prospective teachers from Pamukkale University, Faculty of Education, the Primary School Teaching Program (1â€"5) in the Department of Elementary Education. The data were gathered through using a questionnaire including close- and open-ended questions formed by the researchers. The gathered data were analyzed by employing the techniques of content analysis, frequency, and percentage. Findings demonstrate that mercenary, extrinsic, intrinsic and altruistic factors underlie prospective classroom teachers’ career choices; however, the rate of intrinsic and altruistic motives increases at graduation. Gender also plays an important role for the career choice of classroom teachers.

Keywords

Teaching profession, classroom teaching, teacher education, gender

Sınıf Öğretmenliği Öğretmen Adaylarının Öğretmenlik Mesleğini Tercih Sebepleri

Abstract

Bu betimsel çalışmada, öğretmen adaylarının mesleği tercih sebeplerini ve öğretmen yetiştirme süreci sonunda adayların mevcut tercih sebeplerinde önemli bir değişim olup olmadığını incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmaya Pamukkale Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi İlköğretim Bölümü Sınıf Öğretmenliği programının son sınıfına kayıtlı 157 öğretmen adayı katılmıştır. Veriler, kapalı ve açık uçlu sorulardan oluşan bir anket formu aracılığıyla toplanmıştır. Elde edilen veriler içerik analizi, frekans ve yüzde istatistikleriyle çözümlenmiştir. Bulgular, mesleğe girişte baskın olma durumuna göre çıkarcı, dışsal, içsel ve özgeci etkenlerin etkisini ortaya koyarken; mezuniyet aşamasında dışsal etkenlerin etkisinin azaldığını, buna karşın içsel ve özgeci etkenlerin arttığını göstermektedir. Ayrıca cinsiyetin öğretmenlik mesleğini tercih etmede önemli bir etken olduğu da görülmektedir.

Keywords

Öğretmenlik mesleği, sınıf öğretmenliği, öğretmen yetiştirme, cinsiyet

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