Perception Of Teaching Profession Research Articles

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Purpose: The purposes of this study are to explore what changes appear in the characteristics of students entering the university of elementary education from 2011 to 2020, and to provide implications for the future elementary school teacher training curriculum. Methods: For these purposes, descriptive statistical analysis was conducted on the survey data of freshmen at ‘A’ National University of Education in the Chungbuk area. The survey content included 1) students’ demographic characteristics, 2) family backgrounds, 3) motivation for entering an elementary teacher education and perception of teaching profession, 4) expectations for teacher educators, and 5) their perception on social issues. Results: First, while the ratio of male students was maintained at about 30% or more, the average age, the ratio of re-entry students and those from the metropolitan area keep increasing. Second, the level of parental education and family SES is steadily rising. Third, in terms of motivation for entering teacher education, the ratio of intrinsic motivation considering aptitude and interest was high, and the overall perception of teaching profession was positive. Fourth, as for university professors, responses to expecting academic guidance rather than human ties increased significantly, while interest in political and social issues is continuously declining. Conclusion: Based on the main results, the implications for the future curriculum of elementary teacher education were discussed.

Prospective teachers' perceptions of teaching profession

Training well-qualified teachers gains importance in this rapidly changing word. Schools have to train individuals who can adopt the changes and act accordingly. Teachers have a major role to prepare the individuals for the future. The better the prospective teachers are trained, the better they will perform when they work as teachers. In this sense, the opinions of prospective teachers toward teaching profession gains importance. This is a qualitative study in nature. The aim of this study is to explore perceptions of prospective teachers of teaching profession. Prospective teachers enrolled at the departments of Classroom Teaching, Fine Arts Teaching, Turkish Language Education, and Computer and Instructional Technologies were included in the study. Ten prospective teachers in each department were selected as the study group and they were interviewed. Those who were volunteer were included in the study. An interview form was used in the study. The interview form included three semi-structured questions. N-VIVO 8 program was used to analyze the data. Descriptive analysis was utilized to analyze the data. Keywords:  Active Learning, Administration of Education, Adult Education, Affective Learning Â

Teachers’ Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Professional Activity

The analysis of the teachers’ professional performance cannot ignore their perceptions, attitudes and job satisfactions. The present study has the following objectives: 1. to examine the relation between teachers’ perceptions of their profession, job satisfaction and mentality towards work; 2. to investigate whether are differences in the job satisfaction and mentality towards work depending on the level of teachers’ perception of their work. The results confirmed that the overall job satisfaction is positive correlated with different teachers’ perceptions of their professional activity and are differences in the levels of job satisfaction depending on the perceptions of teaching profession (work). Also, the differences in teachers’ mentality towards work (general and specific factors) depend on the perceptions of teaching profession. The implications of the findings have been discussed.