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A typological approach to investigate the teaching career decision: Motivations and beliefs about teaching of prospective teacher candidates |
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| Authors: | Margareta Maria Thomson Jeannine E Turner John L Nietfeld |
| Institution: | a Elementary Education Department, North Carolina State University, 317G Poe Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695-7801, United States b Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, Florida State University, 3204L Stone Building, 1114 W. Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306, United States c Curriculum, Instruction, & Counselor Education, North Carolina State University, 602D Poe Hall, Campus Box 7801, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States |
| Abstract: | This study utilized cluster analysis to identify typologies of prospective teachers enrolled in a teacher education program in the U.S. based upon their self-report motivations for teaching. A three-cluster solution generated three distinctive typologies of prospective teachers (N’s of 93, 70 and 52), and further differences among typologies were investigated with respect to participants’ beliefs about teaching.Follow-up semi-structured interviews confirmed meaningful differences found between the clusters with regard to unique combination of motivations and beliefs about teaching relevant to each typology. Implications for teacher education and teacher development are further discussed in relationship with study findings. |
| Keywords: | Prospective teachers Teacher education Beliefs Motivation Typologies |
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