Author(s): Enikő TÓTH – Judit EKLER HESZTERÁNÉ – László TÓTH

Title: RESEARCH ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION TRAINEE TEACHERS’ TEACHING ENGAGEMENT

Source: I. Szőköl - P. Tóth - K. Horváth - Š. Gubo (eds.): 12th International Conference of J. Selye University. Sections of Pedagogy and Informatics. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-373-0

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/3778.2020.135

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2020, 135-154

Published on-line: 2020

Language: en

Abstract: Commitment to teaching career is a widely researched field, however, the focus of the research is mostly set on the educators who have been in the practicing already. Research shows that the primary motivating factors are the professional and academic challenges, which are by the income, workload and prestige, but the gender of the student is not a negligible either [59]. In the present study, we sought to answer the depth of the commitment of students of different grades to a teaching career. In our research, we found that hospitalizations, beginning in the 3rd year of training, and the microteaching tasks to teach groupmates provide a sense of security and a sense of teaching experience for students. In the 4th year, the theoretical and practical curriculum grows and becomes intensified in real situations. Students have to perform part- or full-time teaching tasks in the practicing school what they also find quite difficult. In the 4th year of the studies, the students’ opinion is remarkably divided by the gender, both in the way of thinking and in the views, with regard to the motivation and the perception of their career. This is also the critical year for the male students, who feel ins

Keywords: Teacher career, sense of vocation, extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, perception of teaching career,

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