An Examination of Preservice Teachers' Intentions to Pursue Careers in Special Education

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Dake; Wang, Qiu; Losinski, Mickey; Katsiyannis, Antonis
Titel	An Examination of Preservice Teachers' Intentions to Pursue Careers in Special Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Teacher Education, 65 (2014) 2, S.156-171 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4871
DOI	10.1177/0022487113510743
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Career Choice; Student Teacher Attitudes; Special Education; Intention; Path Analysis; Teacher Shortage; Self Efficacy; Expectation; Social Cognition; Predictor Variables; Special Education Teachers; Vocational Interests; Student Surveys; Correlation; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Learning Experience + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Pfadanalyse; Lehrermangel; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Expectancy; Erwartung; Soziale Kognition; Prädiktor; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Berufsinteresse; Schülerbefragung; Korrelation; Lernerfahrung
Abstract	An understanding of one's intention to pursue a career related to special education is crucial yet there is limited research in this area. This study examined factors that influence teacher candidates' intention to pursue a career in special education by surveying 214 preservice teachers. Data were analyzed using path analysis to capture the complex relationships. Results revealed that interest/commitment and outcome expectations of the special education careers were the two most important predictors of preservice teachers' intention to work in special education--related careers. Special education teaching efficacy only has an indirect effect on their special education career intention via two mediator variables (i.e., special education outcome expectations and career interest/commitment to children with special needs). Preservice teachers' personal and work experiences with individuals requiring special services directly influence their interest and commitment to serving individuals with special needs, and thus indirectly impact their intention to pursue a special education career. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10