Interest in teacher education: exploring the relation between student teacher interest and ambitions in teacher education

Motivating students to graduate and enter into teaching is a challenge in teacher education. We address this challenge by exploring the concept of student teacher interest based on teacher research and teacher education curriculum. The goals of this study were: (1) explore a multidimensional concept of student teacher interest, (2) examine its relation to teaching ambitions and dropout thoughts and (3) investigate possible gender differences....