The purpose of our research is to gain a better insight into what encourages
young adults, in particular young women, to enter the teaching profession.
The empirical part of the article is based on a pilot study including
132 students, with data collection being based on a survey approach using
a questionnaire. The research attempts to address the context from which
the desired characteristics of pre-service teachers with regard to their future
employment arise. We have therefore tried to single out factors influencing
the choice of teaching as a career, and to examine pre-service
teachers’ attitudes towards the reputation of female and male teachers.
The data obtained confirm the thesis that the predominance of women
in the teaching profession(s) is an effect of the harmonisation of the female
respondents’ habitus and their perception of the field they are entering.
The perception of the teaching profession as a vocation (calling) that
can be linked to the concepts of caring, giving and helping also proves to
be very important. The data also confirms the thesis that the orientation
towards life and work balance is important to our respondents of both
genders.
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