Motives and Self-Efficacy of Graduates of Teacher Training Programs Who Opted for Teaching as a Second Career

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  In Roundtable Session: Sociopolitical Contexts of Teacher Education and Educational Reform

Abstract

The study is a mixed-method research aiming to explore the motives of three groups of Graduate-Retraining-Program (GRP) who opted for teaching as a second career and their self-efficacy.
Tools include a closed self-efficacy and a semi-structured motivation questionnaires and interviews.
Findings: motives relate mostly to psycho-ideological aspects; three efficacy dimensions relating to Teaching Tasks (TT), Teacher-Student Relations (TSR), and Influence in the Organization (IO); The TT dimension is the highest, while the IO dimension is the lowest. A clear difference between the groups is reflected in the TT dimension.
The research expands the viewpoint of the decision-makers as regards the benefit of unique teacher education paths Relations in assisting the absorption of academics into teaching as a second career.

Authors

• Tili Wagner, Beit Berl Academic College

• Dalia Imanuel, Beit Berl Academic College