Pre-service Early Childhood Education Teachers’ Perception on Their Future Profession
This study aims to explore pre-service ECE teachers’ perceptions of being a teacher in qualitative perspective. Particularly, pre-service ECE teachers’ descriptions of their motivation in choosing this profession, their satisfaction on their profession, and their career commitment to pursuit as a t...
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| Language: | English |
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Anadolu University, Eskisehir
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/aujef/issue/34595/384688 |
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| Summary: | This study aims to explore pre-service ECE
teachers’ perceptions of being a teacher in qualitative perspective. Particularly, pre-service ECE teachers’
descriptions of their motivation in choosing this profession, their
satisfaction on their profession, and their career commitment to pursuit as a
teacherand finally how their attitudes changes toward ECE throughout school
years were investigated. A total of 20 female pre-service early childhood
education teachers who were studying at the pre-school education program in in
the Faculty of Education at METU participated in the study. Five pre-service
ECE teachers from each 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th semesters participated
voluntarily. Semi-structured interview was conducted with pre-service teachers.
All of the interviews were audio recorded then transcribed. Qualitative
analysis was utilized for data analysis. Findings revealed that majority of
pre-service teachers recognized that their personality best fit into teaching
profession as the love of children was a part of their personality. Yet,
becoming an early childhood teacher was not a career dream for the other
participants as they decided to become a teacher based on their score on
University Entrance Exam. Prospective teachers who choose this profession willingly
are satisfied with natural outcome of teaching profession. For instance, being
called as “the teacher” by children is enough to make them satisfied with their
occupation. Participants believed that studying early childhood education will
provide wide range of career opportunities when they graduated. |
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| ISSN: | 2602-2249 2602-2249 |