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Day, Dustin W. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to understand undergraduate students' perceptions of the teaching profession and how these perceptions influence their decision to enter, or not, the teaching profession in the state of Illinois. The Illinois Association of Regional Superintendent of Schools (2023) survey reported 79% of schools say they have a…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Public Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Debra S. Korte; Rebecca Mott; Kari H. Keating; Jon C. Simonsen – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2020
The purpose of this grounded theory qualitative research was to identify the influences on students' decisions to pursue a career as a high school agriculture teacher and develop a proposed theoretical model to conceptualize this career decision. Two samples of students -- one sample of high school students and one sample of college students --…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation), Agriculture Teachers, High School Teachers
Kimberly K. Hollingsworth – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This qualitative case study explores the motivating factors that influence CTE pathway selection for African American men students and will investigate the interplay between two components of Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), self-efficacy and outcome expectations, and their role in the career decision-making process. Drawing upon SCCT, this…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Urban Schools, Outcomes of Education
Lawver, Rebecca G.; Torres, Robert M. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe factors that influence senior agricultural education students' choice to become a secondary agricultural education teacher. The study focused on the extent to which students' beliefs and attitude about teaching influenced their intent to select teaching secondary agricultural education as a…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Agricultural Education, Agriculture
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Schwab, Keri A.; Dustin, Daniel; Legg, Eric; Timmerman, Danielle; Wells, Mary Sara; Arthur-Banning, Skye G. – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to better understand sport management students within departments of parks, recreation, and tourism, and to address the often uneasy fit faculty experience when trying to educate sport and recreation students in the same classes. Researchers sent a 16-item online questionnaire to 1,337 undergraduate sport management…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Questionnaires
Ivanovic, Mirka – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The current study adds to the literature--and addresses several identified limitations--about the relationship between therapist trainees' personality traits and their preference for a particular theoretical orientation(s). Therapist trainees (N = 197) in a Clinical Psy.D program at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology completed a paper…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Trainees, Graduate Students, Personality Traits
White, Bradford R.; DeAngelis, Karen J.; Lichtenberger, Eric J. – Illinois Education Research Council, 2013
This study uses a unique, longitudinal statewide database to track students through the new teacher supply pipeline from high school through college and initial teacher certification. The report examines how each stage influences the characteristics of those who enter the teaching profession, with particular attention to academic skills and…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Teacher Supply and Demand, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students