OPTING FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION: VOCATION OR OPPORTUNITY
Keywords:
teaching career, teaching training program, motivation, didactic competence, professional satisfaction, vocational counseling.Abstract
Our research aimed to study the motivational and attitudinal spectrum of people who chose to be teachers after graduation and decided to attend the post-graduate training program for pursuing a teaching career. The main method of investigation was the survey based on the questionnaire. The items of the questionnaire included the current employment status of trainees, the determination of the decision to pursue a teaching career, the motivation behind this option, the time horizon in which they think they will practice as teachers, as well as the estimated level of professional satisfaction. The study highlights the need for early vocational counseling programs that should ease a correct option for the teaching profession.
ZUSAMMENFASSUNG. Unsere Forschung zielt das Studium vom motivationalen Spektrum und von den Einstellungen den Personen, die als Lehrer nach dem Studium arbeiten wählen und die beschlossen, an einem Weiterbildungsprogramm für die Verfolgung eines Lehrtätigkeit teilzunehmen. Die wichtigste Untersuchungsmethode ist die Untersuchung basiert auf einem Fragebogen. Die Fragen des Fragebogen beziehen sich auf den aktuellen Beschäftigungsstatus der Auszubildenden, Festigkeit der Entscheidung als Lehrer zu arbeiten, die Motivation dieser Entscheidung, Zeithorizont in dem sie denken, sie werden als Lehrer arbeiten und der geschätzten Arbeitszufriedenheit. Die Studie unterstreicht die Notwendigkeit einem frühzeitigen Berufsberatungsprogramm, um eine solide Wahl für den Lehrerberuf zu erleichtern.
Schlüsselwörter: Lehrtätigkeit, Lehrausbildungsprogramm, Motivation, Lehrkompetenz, Arbeitszufriedenheit, Berufsberatung
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