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This study examines (1.) which career choice motives influence the career choice of future teachers and whether the career choice motives of future teachers from Germany, Sweden, Romania and the U.S. differ from each other, (2.) whether these motives are connected to other personal attributes of future teachers (e.g. self-efficacy) and (3.) whether varying systemic influences (e.g. policy decisions) can help explain why career choice motives vary between different countries.
The study uses a mixed-methods design. First, a confirmatory factor analysis with measurement
invariance analysis confirms a model consisting of 16 career choice motives that can be measured across the four countries. The model includes nine intrinsic, four extrinsic and three pragmatic motives. Career choice motives differ significantly across countries: American participants achieve the highest intrinsic, German participants the highest extrinsic and Romanian participants the highest pragmatic values. Swedish participants show a heterogeneous profile.
Second, a cluster analysis shows three distinct career profiles of future teachers that can be observed in all participating countries. A comparison between the career choice motives and other personal attributes like self-efficacy shows that a purely intrinsic motive profile is more functional than a motive profile that includes extrinsic or pragmatic elements as well. However, effect sizes stay small. A cluster consisting of purely extrinsically motivated future teachers could not be found – extrinsic and intrinsic motives seem to complement each other rather than to be in competition.Third, it is possible to identify relevant aspects of the professional environment that are connected to the career choice motives of future teachers. Participants describe, for example, how the likelihood of peers or parents recommending the profession varies depending on the salary, the overall attractiveness and the reputation of the career. Furthermore, working conditions and the bureaucratic workload of teachers influences subject-related intrinsic motivations. Higher level factors of influence include politics & policy, university, societal factors and other stakeholders. Modifying the professional environment of future teachers, those factors can have an influence on their career choice motives as well. Educational reforms, for example, can shape the range of professional tasks that teachers are required to do, while changes in the structure of the professional training programs can shape how easy it is to become a teacher.
Using these results, it is possible to find concurrences between the differences in the professional environment and the career choice motives of future teachers from different countries. The results show how societal factors, politics, but also universities and in the end teacher training programs themselves can have an influence on who wants to become a teacher – and why: Especially the influence of teacher training programs highlights the need for further professionalization of the field.
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oapen-20.500.12657-511892021-10-29T02:44:46Z Warum Lehrerin, warum Lehrer werden? Scharfenberg, Jonas Lehrer Lehrberuf Berufswahl Motivation Studienwahl Lehramtsstudent Selbstkonzept Internationaler Vergleich Einflussfaktor Berufsbelastung Arbeitsumgebung Innere Motivation Äußere Motivation Pragmatismus Berufsbild Lehrerausbildung Wahrnehmung Quantitative Forschung Qualitative Forschung Interview Fragebogenerhebung Studie Deutschland Schweden Rumänien USA Teacher Apprenticeship trade Teaching profession Career Choice Occupational choice Choice of studies Student teachers Self concept Cross-national comparison International comparison Pragmatism Career profile Occupational image Occupational profile Teacher education Teacher training Perception Quantitative research Qualitative research Questionnaire survey Germany Sweden Romania bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education::JNMT Teacher training This study examines (1.) which career choice motives influence the career choice of future teachers and whether the career choice motives of future teachers from Germany, Sweden, Romania and the U.S. differ from each other, (2.) whether these motives are connected to other personal attributes of future teachers (e.g. self-efficacy) and (3.) whether varying systemic influences (e.g. policy decisions) can help explain why career choice motives vary between different countries. The study uses a mixed-methods design. First, a confirmatory factor analysis with measurement invariance analysis confirms a model consisting of 16 career choice motives that can be measured across the four countries. The model includes nine intrinsic, four extrinsic and three pragmatic motives. Career choice motives differ significantly across countries: American participants achieve the highest intrinsic, German participants the highest extrinsic and Romanian participants the highest pragmatic values. Swedish participants show a heterogeneous profile. Second, a cluster analysis shows three distinct career profiles of future teachers that can be observed in all participating countries. A comparison between the career choice motives and other personal attributes like self-efficacy shows that a purely intrinsic motive profile is more functional than a motive profile that includes extrinsic or pragmatic elements as well. However, effect sizes stay small. A cluster consisting of purely extrinsically motivated future teachers could not be found – extrinsic and intrinsic motives seem to complement each other rather than to be in competition.Third, it is possible to identify relevant aspects of the professional environment that are connected to the career choice motives of future teachers. Participants describe, for example, how the likelihood of peers or parents recommending the profession varies depending on the salary, the overall attractiveness and the reputation of the career. Furthermore, working conditions and the bureaucratic workload of teachers influences subject-related intrinsic motivations. Higher level factors of influence include politics & policy, university, societal factors and other stakeholders. Modifying the professional environment of future teachers, those factors can have an influence on their career choice motives as well. Educational reforms, for example, can shape the range of professional tasks that teachers are required to do, while changes in the structure of the professional training programs can shape how easy it is to become a teacher. Using these results, it is possible to find concurrences between the differences in the professional environment and the career choice motives of future teachers from different countries. The results show how societal factors, politics, but also universities and in the end teacher training programs themselves can have an influence on who wants to become a teacher – and why: Especially the influence of teacher training programs highlights the need for further professionalization of the field. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, welche Motive bei der Studien- und Berufswahl von Lehramtsstudierenden relevant sind, inwiefern sie mit Aspekten ihres Selbstkonzeptes zusammenhängen und inwiefern sich die Motive von Lehramtsstudierenden verschiedener Länder unterscheiden. Ausgehend von den theoretischen Annahmen sog. Person-Environment-Fit-Modelle beleuchtet sie Unterschiede in den Motivausprägungen deutscher, schwedischer, rumänischer und amerikanischer Lehramtsstudierender und analysiert, inwiefern diese Motive mit wahrgenommenen Aspekten der beruflichen Umgebung in Beziehung gesetzt werden können. Neben spezifischen Unterschieden in den Motivausprägungen der Studierenden aus den einzelnen Untersuchungsländern zeigt sich dabei, dass nicht nur sozioökonomische Faktoren, sondern bspw. auch die Arbeits- und Ausbildungsbedingungen, das wahrgenommene Aufgabenspektrum von Lehrpersonen oder das Ansehen des Berufs mit den Studien- und Berufswahlmotiven von Lehrkräften in Verbindung gesetzt werden können. (DIPF/Orig.) 2021-10-28T08:07:27Z 2021-10-28T08:07:27Z 2020 book ONIX_20211028_9783781523241_8 9783781523241 9783781557598 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51189 ger Studien zur Professionsforschung und Lehrerbildung application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 9783781523241.pdf https://www.klinkhardt.de/verlagsprogramm/2324.html Verlag Julius Klinkhardt 10.35468/5759 Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, welche Motive bei der Studien- und Berufswahl von Lehramtsstudierenden relevant sind, inwiefern sie mit Aspekten ihres Selbstkonzeptes zusammenhängen und inwiefern sich die Motive von Lehramtsstudierenden verschiedener Länder unterscheiden. Ausgehend von den theoretischen Annahmen sog. Person-Environment-Fit-Modelle beleuchtet sie Unterschiede in den Motivausprägungen deutscher, schwedischer, rumänischer und amerikanischer Lehramtsstudierender und analysiert, inwiefern diese Motive mit wahrgenommenen Aspekten der beruflichen Umgebung in Beziehung gesetzt werden können. Neben spezifischen Unterschieden in den Motivausprägungen der Studierenden aus den einzelnen Untersuchungsländern zeigt sich dabei, dass nicht nur sozioökonomische Faktoren, sondern bspw. auch die Arbeits- und Ausbildungsbedingungen, das wahrgenommene Aufgabenspektrum von Lehrpersonen oder das Ansehen des Berufs mit den Studien- und Berufswahlmotiven von Lehrkräften in Verbindung gesetzt werden können. (DIPF/Orig.) 10.35468/5759 9a084ee3-3f86-4be2-81d6-89c9fbc5f173 2af99390-8b5e-412c-be7b-2f15df488436 9783781523241 9783781557598 354 Bad Heilbrunn [grantnumber unknown] Stiftung der deutschen Wirtschaft (sdw) Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) open access
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