ERIC Number: EJ1243581
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 21
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How Future Educators View Themselves and Their Profession: A Study of Pre-Service Science Educators
Sheffield, Rachel; Blackley, Susan; Bennett, Dawn
Issues in Educational Research, v30 n1 p302-322 2020
Attrition of up to thirty per cent in the initial years of a teaching career has led to a high level of disillusionment in teaching as a desirable and rewarding profession. Although many nations have responded with substantial investments in pre-service teacher education, these efforts have failed to dissuade newly qualified teachers from leaving the profession. An important factor in professional membership is a sense of identity to both a particular group of people and a set of established practices. This article examines the initial identity of pre-service science teachers who belong to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) cohort of teachers in the primary and secondary initial education programs at an Australian university. We consider the alignment of participants' initial professional identity, including career commitment, with their concerns about entering the teaching profession. Recommendations are made for actions that might reduce the early career exodus.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Concept, Professional Identity, STEM Education, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Teacher Effectiveness, Cognitive Tests, Freehand Drawing, Personality Measures, Projective Measures
Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc. 5/202 Coode Street, Como, Western Australia 6152, Australia. e-mail: editor@iier.org.au; Web site: http://www.waier.org.au
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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