The population for this study of specific attractions to teaching was defined as the students enrolled in the primary-junior and intermediate-senior consecutive teacher education programs at an Ontario Faculty of Education. Respondents were required to rate the importance of 15 desirable opportunities offered by teaching and were also asked to…

The issue of the teaching profession's drawing power was addressed By examining differences between college students who said they were planning to teach and those who selected other careers. The teacher candidate population included all entering freshmen who said they planned to become teachers whether or not they planned to major in education.…

Information from this study is intended to provide schools of education with high school students' perceptions of the teaching profession. Questionnaires submitted to students were designed to: (1) identify high school seniors' perceptions of the profession; (2) determine whether differences exist between groups categorized on the basis of sex and…

This study compares what motivates beginning and senior education students to want to become teachers in the present time when teaching positions are limited. Using a questionnaire adapted from an earlier study conducted in l976, students in an introductory education class and senior students in the midst of their student teaching phase were…

Identifies factors that influence the choice of teaching as a career in the small island community of Malta and distinguishes between the factors that sustain or diminish Maltese teachers' occupational commitment. Reports on data derived from a 1982 national investigation among a representative sample of 186 teachers. (JHZ)

This 35th annual report of national normative data on college freshmen is part of the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) longitudinal study to assess the effects of college on students. The freshman data reported here are weighted to provide a normative profile of the U.S. freshman population for use in policy analysis, human…

Building from Holland's theory of career choice, this study investigated differences between individuals who started in and remain in teaching, and those who subsequently changed careers. The two groups differed in their self-rated skills and abilities and in the importance they assigned to selected criteria of success. (Author/BW)

A survey of 124 African-American high school juniors and seniors in the rural South investigated factors related to interest in teaching as a career. Approximately one-third of participants indicated an interest in teaching; 75% of the rest were interested in health care professions or owning their own business. Nine data tables summarize results.…

The reasons for moving from paper coupons to delivering food stamps electronically include potential reduction in the cost of administering the system and in fraud, theft and abuse of the system. Furthermore, the use of EBT is believed o reduce social stigma and embarrassment felt by recipients when using paper coupon. Therefore, using survey data…

The authors describe and use a psychotherapeutic modality known as sandtray therapy in order to help thirteen veteran teachers in the graduate educational leadership program at Brigham Young University reflect on the biographical, critical, and spiritual dimensions of their sense of calling as educational leaders. The authors first look at…

The essay presented in this book is aimed at those individuals contemplating a career in education. The volume examines the opportunities, problems, and realities of the teaching profession to guide prospective teachers through the career decision-making process. It advises those who are thinking of teaching to ask questions, ponder their…

This monograph presents the findings of a research project that sought to analyze the relationship between teachers' work experiences over the course of their careers within specific institutional structures and their perceptions of the meanings of these work experiences to their self-esteem, sense of job satisfaction, and sense of efficacy. The…

Four problems were investigated in a study of factors contributing to teacher shortages: (1) to identify the perceptions of high school seniors, preservice teachers, and inservice teachers toward the teaching profession as a career opportunity; (2) to determine differences in perceptions of these groups categorized on the basis of background…

A number of forces steer talented undergraduates away from the choice of teaching as a profession. Both liberal arts colleges and professional educators have helped their brightest students to view precollege teaching as a career that is legitimate only for those who can't aspire to more prosperous fields. (KH)

This study investigated whether there was a pool of qualified, interested African-American high school students available for recruitment into teacher education programs, noting barriers to pursuing a teaching career. In the 2002-03 school year, 127 African-American honor students from six Indiana high schools completed surveys about their…