Adaptive and motivated: Psychological qualities of college students in teacher education programs in Taiwan
Journal
British Educational Research Journal
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
4
Pages
655-675
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Abstract
Teacher quality has been a perennial issue in the field of education. In addition to academic ability, psychological and motivational characteristics are regarded as increasingly important dimensions of teacher quality. This study has established a multidimensional framework of teacher quality including social competency, adaptive ability and career commitment and used it to examine the qualities of pre?service college students in teacher education programs based on a national survey in Taiwan. It is found that in this country where ��those who are academically able, teach�� has been a tradition, pre?service students further possess better adaptive and motivational qualities than their non?teaching counterparts. The underlying policy and socio?cultural contexts of such a positive phenomenon of ��those who are adaptive and motivated, teach�� are further explained and implications for teacher educators and policy makers are discussed.
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journal article