Development of Attitude toward Teaching Career

• Published in: Mid-western educational researcher (Akron, Ohio : 1991) Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 2
• Main Authors: Pigge, Fred L, Marso, Ronald N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...