This study was designed to elicit information relative to teaching as a career opportunity and in regard to a variety of educational reform issues. A wide range of descriptive data is available on these topics. Studies that offer national perspectives and statewide views are available in many areas. This study depicts responses from three…

This study provides insight into selected factors which affect choice of teaching as a career as well as choice of a college. Sixty-one percent of the 142 high school students in the sample who marked teaching as their planned career indicated that scholarships were "very important" to career choice. Thirty-two percent indicated that it was…

Successful strategies for increasing ethnic minority representation in the teaching force must emphasize significant efforts at the two-year college level. These colleges are often the point of access to postsecondary education and professional career exploration for many ethnic minorities. For example, 54 percent of all Hispanic and 45 percent of…

This booklet addresses minority group teachers and teacher candidates and provides information on the career opportunities that are available in independent elementary and secondary schools. A brief description of private schools includes notes on how they differ from public schools in governance, finances, curriculum, and student and faculty…

In 1986, 197 education majors at three universities were surveyed in a study of preservice teachers' perceptions of their chosen career, both in terms of professional commitment and of the level of desirability for their children to become teachers). Results are summarized. (JL)

Determined how 430 eighth-grade students perceived science teaching as a career. One area investigated was the relationship between student ratings of science teaching as a career and such variables as sex, race, age, educational aspirations, and mother's/father's education and job type. (JN)

A survey of PhD, MS, and postbaccalaureate Pharm D students in schools of pharmacy was conducted, and the American and foreign students were compared. A much higher percentage of foreign students selected academia as a career aspiration than did Americans. (Author/MLW)

A major cause of the current teacher shortage is declining enrollment of students into schools of education. Low pay, low status, poor working conditions, and lack of career opportunities keep many people from entering the teaching profession. (DF)

This article describes an investigation into the career-related experiences of 73 male K-2 teachers across Nevada. Data were acquired in the categories of perceived factors influencing men's choice to become a teacher, perceived factors impacting men's present level of enjoyment of teaching, and perceived stereotypes or drawbacks to being a male…

This study investigated high school students' perceptions of becoming an educator, discussing how this plays a role in the conditions of education today. Participants were high school seniors attending the South Texas Independent School District Teacher Academy, which offers students the opportunity for numerous hours of field experience in…

Reviews and discusses results of studies examining reasons why teaching is selected as a profession (as well as degree of commitment among teachers) and advantages and disadvantages of the profession. Reasons for becoming teachers include helping young children. However, stresses associated with teaching often manifest themselves in "teacher…

A survey of college students preparing to become teachers was conducted to ascertain why the students had decided to become teachers. The reasons given included: the service motive, an interest in children, and an interest in performing in a leadership role. (JN)

This study compared the attitudes of two groups of academically gifted students and one group of creative students (n=228) with a control group (n=189) of regular students toward a career in teaching. Top-ranked occupations for the gifted groups were scientist or doctor, with doctor and lawyer top choices for the control group. All groups rated…

This study identified the personality types of students in an early teaching experience program who either continued or discontinued teacher preparation, and of 886 students who completed their program as a function of certification area. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator data indicated that the sensing-feeling-judging profile described significant…

Results of a British study indicate that, among potential applicants (N=177), a small demand exists for a proposed science education degree program. Findings suggest that recruitment of science and math teachers may be hampered because the satisfactions provided by teaching are unlike those sought by science and math specialists. (IAH)