An investigation of Prospective Teachers’ Reasons for Preferring Teaching as a Progression: Turkish Context

Teaching Profession, Pedagogical Formation Education Certificate Program

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https://doi.org/10.26817/16925777.1504

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Pedagogical Formation Education Certificate Program , Preferring Profession, Profession, Teacher Candidates, Teacher Training, Teaching Profession

Abstract

This study aimed to reveal the reasons for choosing the teaching profession of pedagogical formation education certificate program students and to examine the differences in the reasons for choosing teaching according to gender, place of residence, high school, monthly income of the family, parental education level and order of preference variables.  The survey model was used. The universe consisted of approximately 250 pedagogical formation education certificate program students studying at a University in Eastern Anatolia in Turkey in 2022. The sample consists of 158 randomly selected pedagogical formation education certificate program students. The “Reasons for Choosing Teaching as a Career Scale”, which was developped by Lai, Chan, Ko, and So in 2005 and adapted into Turkish by Balyer and Özcan in 2014, was used as a data collection tool. As a result of the study, it was seen that the level of choosing to teach for internal reasons of pedagogical formation education certificate program students was higher than the level of choice for external reasons and the level of being affected by (others). In addition, it was concluded that the reasons for choosing the teaching profession of pedagogical formation education certificate program students differed according to gender, place of residence, income, order of preference, and education level of parents.

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Halil İbrahim Kaya, Kafkas Üniversity

Associate Professor Halil İbrahim Kaya completed his doctorate in Atatürk University, Curriculum and Instruction. He became an associate professor in the field of Curriculum and Instruction. He works as an associate professor at Kafkas University Dede Korkut Faculty of Education. Areas of study can be listed as teacher training, curriculum development, and language education. The author has published articles, papers presented at international meetings and book chapters. E-mail: hikaya75@gmail.com

 

Murat Korucuk, Kafkas Üniversity, Turkey

completed his doctorate in Atatürk University, Curriculum and Instruction. He is currently working as a doctoral lecturer at Kafkas University, Sarıkamiş Higher School of Physical Education and Sports. His research interests are in the areas of Flipped Learning Model, teacher training, learning theories and scale development. The author has published articles, papers presented at international meetings and book chapters. E-mail: muratkorucuk@hotmail.com

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2022-12-29

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Kaya, H. İbrahim, & Korucuk, M. (2022). An investigation of Prospective Teachers’ Reasons for Preferring Teaching as a Progression: Turkish Context: Teaching Profession, Pedagogical Formation Education Certificate Program. GIST – Education and Learning Research Journal, 25, 64–87. https://doi.org/10.26817/16925777.1504

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