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Student teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a South African university
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/45882 Student teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a South African university Beckmann, Johan L. Sibanda, Gladys Mankoana UCTD Teaching Profession Expectations Perceptions Profession Student Teachers Teaching Education theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2015. The purpose of this study was to investigate Student teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a South African university. The need to undertake this study followed the reported decline in the status of the teaching profession as well as the contradicting reports on the shortage of teachers and reasons for the choice of the teaching profession by student teachers. It has been established in this study that student teachers still believe that teaching remains an important career for several reasons, including but not limited to the fact that teaching offers a steady career and a secure job; that the profession provides a reliable income and that it is a fulfilling career; and that student teachers make a conscious decision to join the profession due to their love of working with children and positive contribution to the society. But, other issues affecting the profession and the proper discharge of duties by teachers have been identified, such as the decline in teacher professionalism; over-crowding in classes and the increased administrative responsibilities assigned to teachers. In general, participants in the study reported to have joined teaching either for intrinsic or for altruistic reasons. Recommendations drawn from what the researcher has found to be the most critical areas of the findings have been made with regard to: (a) the introduction of salary tax relief for teachers; (b) improvement of discipline; (c) transforming the teaching profession; (d) intensified capacity building and skilling of educators; (e) re-imagining educators’ professional identity through improved professional virtue; (f) addressing safety and insecurity concerns at schools; (g) lessening administration work of teachers; (h) effective and sustainable infrastructure development and (i) reconsidering and reconfiguring the role of teacher unions. In brief, the findings of this study have revealed some critical areas that need to be addressed for the betterment of the expectations and perceptions of student teachers at the university the sample was drawn from. tm2015 dzm2025 Education Management and Policy Studies MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth 2015-07-02T11:05:49Z 2015-07-02T11:05:49Z 2015/04/15 2015 Dissertation Sibanda, GM 2015, Student teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a South African university, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45882> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45882 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Teaching Profession Expectations Perceptions Profession Student Teachers Teaching Education theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth Student teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a South African university |
| title | Student teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a South African university |
| title_full | Student teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a South African university |
| title_fullStr | Student teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a South African university |
| title_full_unstemmed | Student teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a South African university |
| title_short | Student teachers’ perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a South African university |
| title_sort | student teachers perceptions and expectations of the teaching profession in a south african university |
| topic | UCTD Teaching Profession Expectations Perceptions Profession Student Teachers Teaching Education theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Education theses SDG-08 SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45882 |