Open AccessMOTIVATION TO CHOOSE A TEACHING CAREER AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITIES: THE ROLE OF CHEMISTRY TEACHING RESEARCHERS
Author(s) -
Carmen Silvia da Silva Sá,
Wildson Luiz Pereira dos Santos
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
química nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.214
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1678-7064
pISSN - 0100-4042
DOI - 10.5935/0100-4042.20150155
Subject(s) - mathematics education , chemistry , chemistry education , psychology , pedagogy , social psychology , enthusiasm
This research aims to identify the reasons that lead students to pursue a specific course of chemistry teacher training, i.e., their perspectives on the course and the teaching career, and if they are motivated by trainers to become basic education (BE) teachers. It was concluded that most students did not want to be teachers of BE. They identified through the social context of the course that the teachers focused on the area of chemistry teaching sought to motivate them for this career, whereas the teachers of these specific areas of chemistry encouraged them to seek other career opportunities