Profile of students in teacher education programs in Negros Occidental and their attitude towards teaching: Basis for an improved admission policy
Keywords:
Profile, Attitude, Teaching, Teacher Education Program, Admission PolicyAbstract
This study set out to investigate the profile and attitude towards teaching of the teacher
education students of the colleges and universities in Negros Occidental. To determine
the attitudes of the teacher education students toward teaching, a 20-item questionnaire was
designed to elicit responses from individual student. A representative sample size of 3,347
respondents was chosen from 13 colleges and universities randomly selected from public and
private schools within the province of Negros Occidental. Findings confirmed that the majority of the teacher education students were females on the age bracket of 18 – 21. They showed positive towards teaching when grouped according to year level. Similarly, findings indicated that there was no significant difference in the attitude of the teacher education students towards teaching when grouped according to year level. The study therefore concludes that the teacher education program in Negros Occidental is dominated by female. By contrast, teacher education students are looking into the teaching profession as noble and well respected. The study recommended that government and other employers of labor should create an enabling
environment to motivate students to choose and pursue a career in teaching. Moreover, teacher training institutions should design programs most especially in the specializations to attract male students to this profession. Finally teachers and educators in general should continue to conduct themselves in a manner that would endear the noble profession to the hearts of the next generation.
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