EXPLORING THE ATTITUDE OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS TOWARDS TEACHING PROFESSION

  • Faiza Shaheen
  • Mahvish Fatima Kashif
  • Husna Daud
  • Mariam Tariq
Keywords: Teaching attitude, Prospective teachers, gender, program, campus

Abstract

Teachers are the cornerstone in educational system. The traits and behavioral patterns of teachers have remained a critical concern while determining the influences that shape their choices of personal action with the decision of choice of a profession. This study aims to explore attitude of prospective teachers towards teaching profession. An “Attitude Scale towards Teaching Profession (ASTTP)” questionnaire by Umme Kulsum (2001) was adapted to measure the attitude of prospective teachers in this descriptive study. Data were collected from 300 prospective teachers (Male= 28, Females= 272) studying at the three campuses of a public university. Data were analyzed by running t-test and ANOVA with the help of SPSS. The findings indicated that there is no significant difference in the attitude on the basis of program and gender of pre-services teachers. Whereas campus wise difference existed. This study can be more elaborative when some in-depth qualitative study will be conducted to investigate the sensitivity of teaching attitude by adding possible other factors that determine the attitudes of pre-service teachers towards teaching profession.

Published
2016-12-20