Abstract
The purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate whether selected academic ability indices and personal characteristics of 117 teachers were associated with changes in their attitude toward teaching as a career measured upon the commencement of teacher preparation, the end of student teaching, and upon completion of their fifth year of teaching. Mixed model two-way ANOVA procedures revealed that the attitude toward teaching of the neophyte teachers remained stable and positive during teacher preparation but were less positive near the end of their fifth year of teaching; that ACT scores, Rotter’s locus of control, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator preferences, gender, when the decision to teach was made, and the initial degree of assurance about becoming teachers were associated with attitude toward teaching as a career; and statistical interactions were identified, revealing contrasting changes in attitude development during teacher preparation for candidates with different personal characteristics.
Recommended Citation
Pigge, Fred L. and Marso, Ronald N.
(2000)
"Development of Attitude Toward Teaching Career,"
Mid-Western Educational Researcher: Vol. 13:
Iss.
2, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/mwer/vol13/iss2/2
