Motives that drive young people to pursue a teaching career: case of Albania using the fit choice scale

Agaj, Desara ; Tufina, Senada ; Pepkolaj, Lekë ; Arnal-Palacián, Mónica (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Dibra, Elindë

Resumen: Nowadays, a good teacher is crucial for the education of the young generation and all the society. But what drives people to pursue a teaching career in Albania, despite changes in the law that have occurred during these years? In this article, we try to discover the motives driving students to pursue a teaching career. Part of this study was 201 students, following a teacher study program in public and non-public higher education institutions in Albania. For the first time in Albania, we applied the Fit Choice Scale instrument (Wat & Richardson, 2007). Results show us that the FIT Choice Scale is well adapted to Albanian contexts and the most dominant motives to pursue a teaching career in Albania are linked with factors such as the subjective perception to perform well as a teacher and to influence the upcoming generation through teaching. But also, in the Albanian context, the profession of a teacher is seen as hard work, with a heavy workload, that requires emotionally demanding. Also, this study shows us gender, and birthplace differences according to motives that drive students to pursue a teaching career in Albania.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.36941/jesr-2023-0121

Año: 2023

Publicado en: Journal of Educational and Social Research 13, 5 (2023), 67-76
ISSN: 2239-978X

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 1.2 - Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3) - Education (Q3)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.188 - Social Sciences (miscellaneous) (Q3) - Education (Q4)

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica Matemática (Dpto. Matemáticas)