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_id: '32536'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In contrast to other career choices, the teaching profession seems familiar
    to those interested in teaching because they have had the chance to observe teachers
    for years. This phenomenon is known as the apprenticeship of observation and manifests
    in naïve ideas and expectations of teaching among teacher students. Therefore,
    characteristics of students interested in becoming teachers are important for
    early teacher education and counselling. These characteristics include competencies
    and motives, but nothing is known about their relationship to each other. Following
    international teaching standards and the expectancy-value framework, this paper
    analyses associations between both. Three competencies (i.e. planning, communication
    and cooperation) and seven career choice motives were examined using a paper–pencil
    survey of 907 high school students. Altogether, 463 students were able to imagine
    becoming a teacher and were included in the analyses. SEM analyses showed that
    (1) of all the competencies, communication had the most associations with motives,
    (2) the motive ‘low difficulty of study’ is positively related to planning, (3)
    the findings regarding extrinsic motives are ambiguous, and (4) gender differences
    are marginal. Practical implications for early teacher education and counselling
    are discussed.
author:
- first_name: Carla
  full_name: Bohndick, Carla
  last_name: Bohndick
- first_name: Susanne
  full_name: Kohlmeyer, Susanne
  last_name: Kohlmeyer
- first_name: Heike M.
  full_name: Buhl, Heike M.
  id: '27152'
  last_name: Buhl
citation:
  ama: 'Bohndick C, Kohlmeyer S, Buhl HM. Competencies and career choice motives:
    characteristics of high school students interested in teacher education programmes.
    <i>Journal of Education for Teaching</i>. 2017;43(5):566-580. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029">10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029</a>'
  apa: 'Bohndick, C., Kohlmeyer, S., &#38; Buhl, H. M. (2017). Competencies and career
    choice motives: characteristics of high school students interested in teacher
    education programmes. <i>Journal of Education for Teaching</i>, <i>43</i>(5),
    566–580. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029">https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Bohndick_Kohlmeyer_Buhl_2017, title={Competencies and career choice
    motives: characteristics of high school students interested in teacher education
    programmes}, volume={43}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029">10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029</a>},
    number={5}, journal={Journal of Education for Teaching}, publisher={Informa UK
    Limited}, author={Bohndick, Carla and Kohlmeyer, Susanne and Buhl, Heike M.},
    year={2017}, pages={566–580} }'
  chicago: 'Bohndick, Carla, Susanne Kohlmeyer, and Heike M. Buhl. “Competencies and
    Career Choice Motives: Characteristics of High School Students Interested in Teacher
    Education Programmes.” <i>Journal of Education for Teaching</i> 43, no. 5 (2017):
    566–80. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029">https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029</a>.'
  ieee: 'C. Bohndick, S. Kohlmeyer, and H. M. Buhl, “Competencies and career choice
    motives: characteristics of high school students interested in teacher education
    programmes,” <i>Journal of Education for Teaching</i>, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 566–580,
    2017, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029">10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029</a>.'
  mla: 'Bohndick, Carla, et al. “Competencies and Career Choice Motives: Characteristics
    of High School Students Interested in Teacher Education Programmes.” <i>Journal
    of Education for Teaching</i>, vol. 43, no. 5, Informa UK Limited, 2017, pp. 566–80,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029">10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029</a>.'
  short: C. Bohndick, S. Kohlmeyer, H.M. Buhl, Journal of Education for Teaching 43
    (2017) 566–580.
date_created: 2022-08-03T01:14:22Z
date_updated: 2025-07-16T08:46:37Z
department:
- _id: '427'
doi: 10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029
intvolume: '        43'
issue: '5'
keyword:
- Education
language:
- iso: eng
page: 566-580
project:
- _id: '377'
  name: 'LehramtsNavi: Weiterentwicklungsorientiertes Self-Assessment am Übergang
    zum Lehramtsstudium'
publication: Journal of Education for Teaching
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0260-7476
  - 1360-0540
publication_status: published
publisher: Informa UK Limited
status: public
title: 'Competencies and career choice motives: characteristics of high school students
  interested in teacher education programmes'
type: journal_article
user_id: '27152'
volume: 43
year: '2017'
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