Abstract
In order to investigate the relationships between preservice music teachers’ levels of career satisfaction, severity of depression, and perceived stress, ninety-four students enrolled in the music education BSc program of the faculty of education at a public university in southwestern part of Turkey were survey. Data were collected by Beck’s Depression Inventory, Perceived Stress Scale, and Career Satisfaction Scale. Associations were analyzed by ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, and multiple linear regression. It was found that preservice music teachers’ stress and depression levels were significantly higher compared to previously reported means while career satisfaction levels were lower. Preservice music teachers’ career satisfaction scores significantly differed according to the grade level. There was a strong positive relationship between severity of depression and perceived stress level while career satisfaction was weakly and negatively associated with both severity of depression and perceived stress. Finally, career satisfaction neither was a predictor of nor predicted by stress or depression.
Highlights
Qualified teachers are essential for effective music instruction
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships between career satisfaction, depression, and perceived stress levels of preservice music teachers
It was found that preservice music teachers’ levels of perceived stress and severity of depression were significantly high while career satisfaction levels were low
Summary
Qualified teachers are essential for effective music instruction. Teacher qualifications alone may not be sufficient for achieving success in music education. Societal or extrinsic factors are continuously making teaching a less attractive career for both practicing and prospective teachers (Dinham & Scott, 2000). Insight into satisfaction of teachers is needed for solutions to the problems currently facing practicing and prospective teachers as well as education in general (Dinham & Scott, 2000), especially in developing countries (Zembylas & Papanastasiou, 2004) like Turkey
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