What Influences Students To Choose the Elementary Education Major: The Case of Cyprus.

Papanastasiou, Constantinos; Papanastasiou, Elena

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ERIC Number: EJ571272

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Publication Date: 1998

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What Influences Students To Choose the Elementary Education Major: The Case of Cyprus.

Papanastasiou, Constantinos; Papanastasiou, Elena

Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, v3 n1 p35-45 1998

Identifies and compares the factors that have motivated 176 third-and fourth-year students at the University of Cyprus to choose the elementary school teaching profession. Six factors accounted for 63.3% of the variance: (1) internal motives; (2) job benefits; (3) status of the profession; (4) relatives' influence; (5) external motives; and (6) teacher influence. (SLD)

Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Education Majors, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching (Occupation)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Cyprus

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