Open AccessMotivation Profiles in the Selection of a Study Program: Why do Physical Education Students Decide to Choose Teacher Education?
Author(s) -
Britta Fischer,
AUTHOR_ID,
Marion Golenia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the australian journal of teacher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1835-517X
pISSN - 0313-5373
DOI - 10.14221/ajte.2021v46n11.1
Subject(s) - psychology , competence (human resources) , physical education , german , mathematics education , exploratory factor analysis , relevance (law) , identification (biology) , selection (genetic algorithm) , teacher education , higher education , exploratory research , pedagogy , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychometrics , computer science , botany , archaeology , artificial intelligence , sociology , biology , political science , anthropology , law , history
Students´ motivation to select a study program is an important factor that influences the professional development of student teachers. The exploratory study intended to clarify whether different study choice motivation profiles can be distinguished for PE students and how these profiles can be characterized. The analysis is based on 816 German PE students from 12 universities. The identification of different profiles was carried out by means of latent profile analysis. Among the PE students who were examined, four profiles can be identified concerning the motivation for the selection of a teacher education. The findings differ from most non subject-specific findings, mainly in the number of identified profiles. Further studies need to address whether this finding is subject-specific by comparing different subjects. Furthermore, it is necessary to examine the relevance of the identified profiles with respect to the development of competence of PE students