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Relationship between science teachers’ teaching motivations and career development aspirations

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: While science teachers play a pivotal role in schools in fostering students' scientific literacy, interest, and aspirations, many countries face a lack of motivated pre-service teachers (PSTs) for science education.Accordingly, this study aims to explore science PSTs' motivations for choosing a teaching profession and how these motivations are associated with their aspirations to remain in the teaching profession.The study chose seven factors that were relevant to the Social Cognitive Career Theory framework and investigated the relationships among those factors.The results indicated a positive relationship between the PSTs' motivation to work with children and career development aspiration, while those who stated having more time for family as the key motivation to choose the teaching profession presented a negative association.Also, this study revealed the critical role of previous learning experiences and perceived teaching ability in increasing the science PST's planned effort and persistence in the teaching profession.

Source: European Journal of Teacher Education

DOI: 10.1080/02619768.2024.2311698

Authors: Jingoo Kang, Jaana Viljaranta, Sindu George, Ilpo Jäppinen

Institutions: University of Eastern Finland, Australian Catholic University

Language: English

Topic: Teacher Professional Development and Motivation

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Suomen Kulttuurirahasto