Research Article

Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers

Volume: 31 Number: 1 June 1, 2018
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Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers

Abstract

This study aims to find out and compare pre-service and in-service English teachers’ preferences for choosing teaching profession and their opinions about whether teaching is a lifelong career. 308 pre-service English teachers and 50 inservice English teachers participated. The results showed that 240 pre-service English teachers and 44 in-service English teachers held positive opinions about teaching profession and thought that teaching is a lifelong career. However, 45 student teachers and 3 teachers held negative views. There were both similarities and differences between the pre-service and in-service participants in terms of their preferences for choosing teaching profession and their perspectives about teaching as a lifelong career. Some of the quotations of the participants are given to exemplify participant opinions because the participants were found to have various preferences for choosing teaching career like loving teaching, childhood dream, family encouragement, previous learning experiences, outer obligation or taking previous teachers as model. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 1, 2018

Submission Date

March 25, 2017

Acceptance Date

April 3, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Volume: 31 Number: 1

APA
Atmaca, Ç. (2018). Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education, 31(1), 91-117. https://doi.org/10.19171/uefad.450053
AMA
1.Atmaca Ç. Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education. 2018;31(1):91-117. doi:10.19171/uefad.450053
Chicago
Atmaca, Çağla. 2018. “Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers”. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education 31 (1): 91-117. https://doi.org/10.19171/uefad.450053.
EndNote
Atmaca Ç (June 1, 2018) Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education 31 1 91–117.
IEEE
[1]Ç. Atmaca, “Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers”, Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 91–117, June 2018, doi: 10.19171/uefad.450053.
ISNAD
Atmaca, Çağla. “Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers”. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education 31/1 (June 1, 2018): 91-117. https://doi.org/10.19171/uefad.450053.
JAMA
1.Atmaca Ç. Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education. 2018;31:91–117.
MLA
Atmaca, Çağla. “Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers”. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education, vol. 31, no. 1, June 2018, pp. 91-117, doi:10.19171/uefad.450053.
Vancouver
1.Çağla Atmaca. Is Teaching a Lifelong Career? Reflections of English Teachers. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education. 2018 Jun. 1;31(1):91-117. doi:10.19171/uefad.450053


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