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Career Choice Motives of Early Childhood Educators: A Cross-Country Comparison of Four European Countries
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Weiss, Sabine; Syring, Marcus; Keller-Schneider, Manuela; Hellstén, Meeri; Kiel, Ewald – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2018
The present study compares career choice motives of future early childhood educators studying for a tertiary qualification. Suitable analyses of this kind are still missing. Diverging training systems, traditions and professional images in the different countries are related to certain motives. These motives are categorised according to a theory…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Preschool Teachers, Cross Cultural Studies, Teacher Qualifications
Technology Education for Children in Primary Schools in Finland and Germany: Different School Systems, Similar Problems and How to Overcome Them
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Rasinen, Aki; Virtanen, Sonja; Endepohls-Ulpe, Martina; Ikonen, Pasi; Ebach, Judith; Stahl-von Zabern, Janine – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2009
Even if the results of international student assessment studies such as PISA or TIMSS show that girls have been catching up in mathematics and natural sciences, there are still remarkable gender differences in the number of males and females studying and working in the technological fields after basic education. Technology is still a…
Descriptors: Females, Early Childhood Education, Motivation, Foreign Countries