What inspires South African student teachers for their future profession?

dc.creator	Charl Wolhuter
dc.creator	Hannes van der Walt
dc.creator	Ferdinand Potgieter
dc.creator	Louisa Meyer
dc.creator	Thapelo Mamiala
dc.date	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:19:37Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:19:37Z
dc.identifier	0256-0100
dc.identifier	2076-3433
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/bdefedc82a594db2af0b3de812c30338
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/19792
dc.description	The need for an inspired professional teacher corps to haul South African school education out of its current low level of quality was the driving force behind this project. Its aim was to determine what counted as sources of inspiration for student teachers and hence for future teachers. Based on a conceptual-theoretical study, a questionnaire that could probe student teachers' sources of inspiration was completed by a sample of student teachers (n = 1,683). A factor analysis of their responses revealed the following as their sources of inspiration, from most to least important: (extended) family, religion, the teacher education institution, teaching practice, friends, and personal life. A comparison with similar research elsewhere revealed that, in this sample of respondents, considerations, such as education being the only accessible profession or being forced to enter the teaching profession because of economic circumstances, did not figure at all.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Education Association of South Africa (EASA)
dc.relation	http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002012000200005
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/0256-0100
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2076-3433
dc.source	South African Journal of Education, Vol 32, Iss 2, Pp 178-190 (2012)
dc.subject	family
dc.subject	inspiration
dc.subject	religion
dc.subject	student teachers
dc.subject	teacher education
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	What inspires South African student teachers for their future profession?
dc.type	article