Samenvatting
The STEM teacher shortage in secondary education makes it important to investigate who is interested in becoming a STEM teacher, so that recruitment initiatives can be adjusted to these students’ characteristics. A latent profile analysis on data from 905 STEM university students identified two types of students with teaching aspirations. The first type (14%) consisted of undecided students who were interested in many careers, had high social interest, and wanted to work in a nice environment with much social contact. The second group (12%) was interested in research, science communication, and teaching. This group had high intellectual and social interest, and wanted to be intellectually challenged. Both groups had high teacher self-efficacy. Implications for teacher education recruitment are discussed.
Originele taal-2 | English |
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Pagina's (van-tot) | 556-577 |
Aantal pagina's | 22 |
Tijdschrift | Journal of Science Teacher Education |
Volume | 31 |
Nummer van het tijdschrift | 5 |
Vroegere onlinedatum | 25-feb.-2020 |
DOI's | |
Status | Published - 3-jul.-2020 |