Development of Attitude toward Teaching Career

A longitudinal study of 117 teachers from the beginning of their preservice education through their fifth year of teaching found that attitude toward teaching as a career remained constant during teacher preparation but was less positive after five years of teaching. This attitude was related to 6 o...

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Published inMid-western educational researcher (Akron, Ohio : 1991) Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 2
Main Authors Pigge, Fred L, Marso, Ronald N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2000
Subjects
Academic Achievement
Beginning Teachers
Elementary Secondary Education
Higher Education
Longitudinal Studies
Personality Traits
Preservice Teachers
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Characteristics
Teacher Persistence
Work Attitudes
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Summary:A longitudinal study of 117 teachers from the beginning of their preservice education through their fifth year of teaching found that attitude toward teaching as a career remained constant during teacher preparation but was less positive after five years of teaching. This attitude was related to 6 of 15 academic and personal characteristics studied. (Contains 36 references.) (SV)
ISSN:1056-3997