Pre-Service Teacher Career Choice Motivation: A Comparison of Vocational Education and Training Teachers and Comprehensive School Teachers in Germany

Abstract: Context: The current shortage of teachers in Germany, especially in vocational schools, is of relevance to the education system and labour market policy. To recruit future teachers more effectively, it is of great importance to gain a better understanding of pre-service teachers’ career choice motivation. However, research has concentrated so far mainly on teachers in the general education system. The present study investigates the career choice motivation of students who will become vocational education and training (VET) teachers and compares it to the career choice motivation of future comprehensive school teachers. Approach: We surveyed N = 79 teacher training students in total, 30 pre-service VET teachers and 49 pre-service comprehensive school teachers at the beginning of their university-based teacher training. To measure career choice motivation, we used the standardized questionnaire Motivation for Choosing Teacher Education (FEMOLA) including six subscales (Pohlmann & Möl

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Language
Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: International journal for research in vocational education and training ; 7 (2020) 2 ; 214-236

Classification
Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(when)
2020
Creator
Stellmacher, Anne
Ohlemann, Svenja
Pfetsch, Jan
Ittel, Angela

DOI
10.13152/IJRVET.7.2.5
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021101410094894781415
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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2025-03-25T13:44:06+0100

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  • Stellmacher, Anne
  • Ohlemann, Svenja
  • Pfetsch, Jan
  • Ittel, Angela
  • SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

Time of origin

  • 2020

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