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Motivation to Become a Teacher: A Norwegian Validation of the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice Scale
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Nesje, Katrine; Brandmo, Christian; Berger, Jean-Louis – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The act of newly qualified teachers leaving the profession is a growing challenge, both in Norway and internationally. To address recruitment difficulties, there is a need for further knowledge of prospective teachers' career motivations. The current study validated a Norwegian translation of the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice (FIT-Choice)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation)
Teaching Careers in Europe: Access, Progression and Support. Eurydice Report
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Birch, Peter; Balcon, Marie-Pascale; Bourgeois, Ania; Davydovskaia, Olga; Tremosa, Sonia Piedrafita – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2018
The Eurydice report 'Teaching careers in Europe: access, progression and support' provides a comparative overview of national policies on teacher careers across Europe. It maps existing regulations and policy recommendations at primary and general secondary levels, and covers all the countries of the European Union as well as Albania, Bosnia and…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Teaching (Occupation), Careers, Elementary Secondary Education
Global Perspectives on Teacher Motivation. Current Perspectives in Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Watt, Helen M. G., Ed.; Richardson, Paul W., Ed.; Smith, Kari, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2017
Many studies of teacher motivation have been conducted in different contexts over time. However, until fairly recently there has not been a reliable measure available to allow comparisons across samples and settings. This has resulted in an abundance of findings which cannot be directly compared or synthesised. The FIT-Choice instrument offers the…
Descriptors: Teacher Motivation, Career Choice, Global Approach, Student Teachers
Motivations for Choosing Teaching as a Career: An International Comparison Using the FIT-Choice Scale
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Watt, Helen M. G.; Richardson, Paul W.; Klusmann, Uta; Kunter, Mareike; Beyer, Beate; Trautwein, Ulrich; Baumert, Jurgen – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
Motivations for preservice teachers' choice of teaching as a career were investigated using the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice scale (FIT-Choice scale; Watt & Richardson, 2007). This scale was initially developed and validated in the Australian context; our study applied it across international samples from Australia, the United States,…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Career Choice, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Students' Reasons for Studying Special Needs Education: Challenges Facing Inclusive Education
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Hausstatter, Rune Sarromaa – Teacher Development, 2007
This article attempts to clarify some of the problems and challenges currently met by the teaching profession in special education, in particular those relating to why students choose to study special needs education and what they expect to learn. There are two major reasons why students choose to become a "special needs" teacher: to…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Labor Market
Education, Training and Contexts: Studies and Essays.
Lauglo, Jon – 2003
This volume provides an overview of some of the outstanding features of the work of the Norwegian sociologist and comparative educationist, Jon Lauglo. After an introduction, "'It Ain't Necessarily So!': Theories and Observations in Jon Lauglo's World of Education and Training" (Se-Yung Lim and Klaus Schaack), essays and studies are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Career Choice, Decentralization