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Ready to teach? A profile analysis of cognitive and motivational-affective teacher characteristics at the end of pre-service teacher education and the long-term effects on occupational well-being

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: The present study explores how multiple teacher characteristics (i.e., knowledge, beliefs, self-efficacy, and self-regulation) co-occur within 649 German teacher candidates at the end of pre-service teacher education and how these profiles are related to teachers’ future occupational well-being. A latent profile analysis identified one highly knowledgeable and engaged profile, one profile with below average knowledge, and one profile with below average beliefs, motivation, and self-regulation. These profiles also differed in their emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction. The findings emphasize how teacher candidates differ qualitatively in their pattern of “starting competence” what may have consequences with regard to specific interventions.

Source: Teaching and Teacher Education

DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2021.103285

Authors: Doris Holzberger, Christina Maurer, Olga Kunina-Habenicht, Mareike Kunter

Institutions: Technical University of Munich, Goethe University Frankfurt, Karlsruhe University of Education

Language: English

Topic: Teacher Professional Development and Motivation

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funder: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung