The Relationship between Pre-service Preschool Teachers’ Interest and Career Choice Satisfaction in China

Loy Chee Luen,Lijuan Shen

doi:10.6007/ijarped/v11-i1/11681

Abstract

Purpose: This research aims to explore the relationship between pre-service preschool teachers’ interest and career choice satisfaction, and to provide a basis for schools and teachers’ two-way selection of preschool teacher positions. Methods: Using the Teacher Interest Scale (TIS) and the career choice satisfaction subscale in the FIT-Choice scale, using SPSS to conduct descriptive statistics and inferential analysis on the data of 212 pre-service preschool teachers in local undergraduate colleges. Results: The subject interest of pre-service preschool teachers was significantly positively correlated with didactic interest and educational interest; educational interest was significantly positively correlated with didactic interest and career choice satisfaction.

Highlights

The quality of preschool teachers and the shortage of teachers have always been one of the key issues in the teaching profession and teacher education in many countries including China (Xiuminet et al, 2021)
The Profile of Pre-service Preschool Teachers' Subject Interest, Didactic Interest, Educational Interest and Career Choice Satisfaction This study found that the level of interest of the subjects in descending order is didactic interest (DI) (5.015±1.050), educational interest (EI) (4.495± 1.063), SI (3.943± 1.296); the average value of satisfaction with the subject’s occupational choice 3.794±0.909
Demographic Information on Teachers’ Interest and Career Choice Satisfaction According to the level of gender influence on pre-service preschool teachers’ subject interest, teaching interest, educational interest and career choice satisfaction, it is found that the mean value of female teachers’ subject interest, educational interest and career choice satisfaction is higher than that of male teachers and is significant; There is no significant difference in didactic interest among pre-service preschool teachers of different genders

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Introduction

The quality of preschool teachers and the shortage of teachers have always been one of the key issues in the teaching profession and teacher education in many countries including China (Xiuminet et al, 2021). It is important to study how pre-service preschool teachers’ interests and career choice satisfaction are related to each other to provide a basis for these efforts to improve the quality of teachers. This is a key issue of concern to countries with serious teacher shortages and losses. The specific research questions are as follows: Are there any differences in pre-service preschool teachers of different genders, different grades, and internship experience in the dimensions of teacher

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