| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1115513 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2014 | 5 Pages |
The reasons for choosing or rejecting the teaching career are different, in accordance with each person's values and expectations, with the individuals’ cultural characteristics, with the perception one has on the advantages of a teaching career. The objectives of the present research have been: to determine the students’ motivation for the teaching career, to establish the relation between the age and status variables and the motivation for the teaching career. the research is empirical, without experimental manipulation (N = 130). Analysing the results that we have obtained, we can assert that the subjects who hold a position in education are considerably more motivated for this profession that the students. Also, that motivation for the teaching career seems to increase with the subjects’ ageing.
