Teacher education and the choice to enter the teaching profession: A prospective study |
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| Authors: | Isabel Rots Antonia Aelterman Geert Devos Peter Vlerick |
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| Affiliation: | a Department of Educational Studies, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;b Department of Personnel Management, Work & Organizational Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | This two-wave survey study aimed at testing a hypothetical model of teacher education graduates’ decisions about whether or not to take a teaching position upon graduation. The model focuses on the relationship between teacher education and graduates’ choice on job entrance. Using path analysis and logistic regression, this model was tested in a sample of student teachers (n = 436), subsequently graduates (n = 251) of teacher training for secondary education. The results validate the relationship between teacher education variables and nearly graduates’ intention to enter the teaching profession. Furthermore, this intention proves an imperative predictor of graduates’ actual entrance. |
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| Keywords: | Teaching profession Pre-service teacher education Path analysis Teaching commitment Entrance into the teaching profession |
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