Motivation of Students for Teaching Career

Abstract

The contemporary European context foreshadows many challenges for young people who want to pursue a teaching career. Our study is of interest in the initial preparation for the teaching career of students who have experienced online school and who are required to reconfigure their training in the direction of solid skills, especially digital. Opinion polls reveal a demotivation of students towards school learning, a fact amplified by the Coronavirus pandemic that fundamentally changed the development of the educational process. University departments that train teachers have struggled to provide high-quality training due to the limitations of the pandemic. In the perspective of similar challenges, the initial training of teachers is much more intensely calibrated to the technological needs of education. Requests to increase the quality of education that depend on the quality of teachers are imperative. This study is conducted to find out the opinion of future teachers about the training requirements for the teaching profession. The aim of the study is to survey among young people preparing for teaching careers their motivation for learning in the context and in the perspective of professional teaching standards. The methodology includes recruitment, sampling and application of tools. We used opinion questionnaires to identify the reasons for choosing the initial training in the educational field and the awareness of the difficulties and standards required by this profession. The conclusions of the article indicate that the reasons for choosing a teaching career are diverse, associated with individual options and a superficial knowledge of a teacher's skills.