A Critical Look at Teacher Candidates of the Seventies Competing for Limited Teaching Positions.

Autor/inn/en	Romatowski, Jane; Kachaturoff, Grace
Titel	A Critical Look at Teacher Candidates of the Seventies Competing for Limited Teaching Positions.
Quelle	(1977), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Awareness; Elementary Education; Employment Opportunities; Personality Studies; Preservice Teacher Education; Secondary Education; Self Concept; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Karrierebewusstsein; Elementarunterricht; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Sekundarbereich; Selbstkonzept; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This document presents analyses of data obtained in an investigation of characteristics of students in preservice certification proqrams at a metropolitan urban university, as they enter a limited job market, and a comparison of these students to those who entered the job market in more opportune times. Forty-five juniors, seniors, and post-degree students seekinq certification in elementary or secondary education were administered the Minnesota Teachinq Attitude Inventory, the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, the Study of Values, a questionnaire and Self-Profile, and an opinionnaire. Analyses of the data received through these instruments resulted in the following conclusions: (1) the majority of the subjects have a supportive attitude towards children and schools; (2) a very high percentage have positive feelings about themselves, have integrated personalities, and relate well to others; (3) the majority favor the aesthetic, social, and religious perspectives on life, and score below the mean in economic, theoretical, and political areas; (4) the majority want to teach to fulfill a need to be of service to youth or to society; (5) most feel very strongly about their career choice, are willing to wait for job openings, and willing to prove themselves through substitute teaching; (6) the group outperforms the norm group in attitude and self-concept, despite gloomy employment predictions. Recommendations developed from this data analysis are (1) more useful information may be gathered from a self-profile if lead questions were included to stimulate thinking; (2) the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale provides useful screening for counseling purposes if administered at admission; and (3) a planned advisement program in career planning and career alternatives is needed. (MJB)
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