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Journal of Education for Teaching
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Pre-service teachers’ motivations for choosing teaching as a career: does subject interest matter?

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Sigve Høgheim, Eirik S. Jenssen & Roger André Federici. (2023) Do lectures matter? Exploring students’ situational interest in two learning arenas in teacher education. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 67:7, pages 1027-1040.
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Ariel Sarid, Kussai Haj-Yehia, Hait Shaham & Amihai Rigbi. (2022) Linking demographic variables to motivation: investigating the motivation to choose teaching among Arab and Jewish students in Israel. European Journal of Teacher Education 45:1, pages 5-25.
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Akihiro Saito. (2024) “I chose to receive teacher training because …” Motivations for teaching and career aspirations among teacher education students in Japan. International Journal of Educational Research Open 6, pages 100330.
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Sindu George & John Thornby. (2023) The impact of ‘bursary tourism’ or the desire for a ‘fulfilling, challenging, and emotionally rewarding career’? Career entry motivations and perceptions of preservice teachers from England. British Educational Research Journal 49:5, pages 1065-1087.
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Bismark Mensah. (2023) Pedagogical competencies in minor subjects of Ghanaian pre-service geography teachers and their implications for teacher education. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10:1.
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Tea Pavin Ivanec & Ana Defar. (2023) Motivation for the Choice of the Teaching Profession: The Role of Prospective Teachers’ Personality Traits, Emotional Competence, and Life-Satisfaction. SAGE Open 13:2.
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Katia Bill Nielsen & Lene Møller Madsen. (2023) Choosing (not) to be a chemistry teacher: Students’ negotiations of science identities at a research-intensive university. European Educational Research Journal, pages 147490412311579.
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Johanna Havia, Sonja Lutovac, Tiina Komulainen & Raimo Kaasila. (2022) Preservice Subject Teachers’ Lack of Interest in Their Minor Subject: Is It a Problem?. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education 21:3, pages 923-941.
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Mikołaj Herbst & Tomasz Zając. (2023) Towards a better understanding of self-selection to teacher training programmes: A case study of a renowned public university in Poland. Central European Economic Journal 10:57, pages 371-390.
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Beng Huat See, Elaine Munthe, Sarah A. Ross, Loraine Hitt & Nada El Soufi. (2022) Who becomes a teacher and why?. Review of Education 10:3.
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Mohammad Ajmal Khuram, Yoko Ishida, Ghulam Dastgir khan, Nematullah Hotak, Masaood Moahid & Yuichiro Yoshida. (2022) Measures to motivate teachers in Afghanistan: a proposal. Asia Pacific Education Review.
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Sibel DURU. (2022) Öğretmen Adaylarının Üniversiteye Giriş Özellikleri, Motivasyonları, Üniversite ve Alan Seçimleri. Pamukkale University Journal of Education.
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Di Wang & Lawrence Jun Zhang. (2021) Sustainability as a Goal in Teaching Workforce Retention: Exploring the Role of Teacher Identity Construction in Preservice Teachers’ Job Motivation. Sustainability 13:5, pages 2698.
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Marcela Pozas & Verena Letzel. (2021) Pedagogy, Didactics, or Subject Matter? Exploring Pre-service Teachers’ Interest Profiles. Open Education Studies 3:1, pages 163-175.
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