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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.
Journal of Education for Teaching. 2017;43(5):566-580. doi:10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029'
apa: 'Bohndick, C., Kohlmeyer, S., & Buhl, H. M. (2017). Competencies and career
choice motives: characteristics of high school students interested in teacher
education programmes. Journal of Education for Teaching, 43(5),
566–580. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029'
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={10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029},
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.” Journal of Education for Teaching 43, no. 5 (2017):
566–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029.'
ieee: 'C. Bohndick, S. Kohlmeyer, and H. M. Buhl, “Competencies and career choice
motives: characteristics of high school students interested in teacher education
programmes,” Journal of Education for Teaching, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 566–580,
2017, doi: 10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029.'
mla: 'Bohndick, Carla, et al. “Competencies and Career Choice Motives: Characteristics
of High School Students Interested in Teacher Education Programmes.” Journal
of Education for Teaching, vol. 43, no. 5, Informa UK Limited, 2017, pp. 566–80,
doi:10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029.'
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: 2022-08-29T05:27:06Z
department:
- _id: '427'
doi: 10.1080/02607476.2017.1355029
intvolume: ' 43'
issue: '5'
keyword:
- Education
language:
- iso: eng
page: 566-580
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: '42165'
volume: 43
year: '2017'
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