Motivations for choosing teaching as a career: An international comparison using the FIT-Choice scale
Abstract
Motivations for preservice teachers' choice of teaching as a career were investigated using the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice scale (FIT-Choice scale; Watt & Richardson, 2007). This scale was initially developed and validated in the Australian context; our study applied it across international samples from Australia, the United States, Germany, and Norway. Support for strong factorial invariance implied the scale functioned similarly, and...
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Motivations for choosing teaching as a career: An international comparison using the FIT-Choice scale
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Published Date
Aug 1, 2012
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Volume
28
Issue
6
Pages
791 - 805
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