Factors affecting pre-service teachers choice of teaching as a profession

Gökhan ÖZSOY; Sibel ÖZSOY; Yasin ÖZKARA; Aysel D. MEMİŞ

Abstract
The aim of this study was to find out the factors affecting pre-service teachers choice of teaching as a profession. Besides, whether the factors change with respect to pre-service teachers gender was also investigated. The study was carried out at the beginning of the fall semester of 2009-2010 academic year with pre-service teachers enrolling to programs including primary teaching, science teaching, social sciences teaching, English teaching, Turkish teaching and preschool teaching. Data of the study were gathered from 855 pre-service teachers; 509 females and 346 males, with a Likert type questionnaire consisting of four factors; consciousness, assurance, ideal and influence. Descriptive; frequency distributions and percentages, and inferential statistics; independent samples t-test were used to analyze the data obtained. Results revealed that significant differences exist between females and males in terms of consciousness, assurance and ideal factors in favor of females.

Key words: teaching as a profession, pre-service teachers, teacher education

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