Why choose a career in teaching? Exploring motivational factors that influence the decision to teach

IF 1 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

British Journal of Guidance & Counselling Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.1080/03069885.2022.2040003

Wenting Wang, Ziyou Wang

引用次数: 1

Abstract

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.

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为什么选择教学职业?探索影响教学决定的动机因素

摘要本文报告了在苏格兰进行的一项定性研究中影响教师作为职业选择的动机因素的发现。我们采访了10名在苏格兰一所大学攻读教育专业研究生文凭课程的学生。研究结果表明，教师职业的选择源于学生对个人成就的内在需求和帮助和影响年轻人的利他主义维度。对于一些学生来说，负面的教育经历在塑造他们为下一代提供愉快的学校经历的利他意识方面发挥了重要作用。感知到的教学内在奖励似乎可以阻止和抵消对教师工作量、工资和地位的负面想法或评论。

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British Journal of Guidance & Counselling PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED-

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2.60

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： The British Journal of Guidance & Counselling exists to communicate theoretical and practical writing of high quality in the guidance and counselling field. It is addressed to an international, interdisciplinary audience and welcomes submissions dealing with diverse theoretical orientations from practitioners and researchers from around the world. It is concerned to promote the following areas: •the theory and practice of guidance and counselling •the provision of guidance and counselling services •training and professional issues