TY - JOUR
T1 - Antecedents of preservice music teacher students’ career intention to become music teachers
T2 - the roles of demographics, personality traits, and motivations
AU - Qin, Mingfu
AU - Alonso Trillo, Roberto
N1 - Publisher copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023/9/18
Y1 - 2023/9/18
N2 - Teacher attrition is a widely recognised problem in music education, having received increasing attention amongst preservice music student teachers over the past few decades. Yet, factors influencing their career intention remain to be fully explored. This study aimed to examine the roles of demographics, personality traits, and motivations in preservice music student teachers’ intention to become music teachers through an integrated psychological decision model. Survey data were collected from 243 preservice music student teachers and analysed using structural equation modelling. The results showed that the integrated model could explain 71% of participants’ career intention. Personality traits exhibited indirect effects through the mediating roles of intrinsic, extrinsic, and social motivations. While all motivations yielded direct effects on career intention, internship experience had a negative impact. The findings provide new insights to develop effective strategies to channel career intention amongst preservice music student teachers for different stakeholders.
AB - Teacher attrition is a widely recognised problem in music education, having received increasing attention amongst preservice music student teachers over the past few decades. Yet, factors influencing their career intention remain to be fully explored. This study aimed to examine the roles of demographics, personality traits, and motivations in preservice music student teachers’ intention to become music teachers through an integrated psychological decision model. Survey data were collected from 243 preservice music student teachers and analysed using structural equation modelling. The results showed that the integrated model could explain 71% of participants’ career intention. Personality traits exhibited indirect effects through the mediating roles of intrinsic, extrinsic, and social motivations. While all motivations yielded direct effects on career intention, internship experience had a negative impact. The findings provide new insights to develop effective strategies to channel career intention amongst preservice music student teachers for different stakeholders.
KW - Teacher attrition
KW - preservice music student teachers
KW - personality traits
KW - motivation
KW - career intention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85171532913&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02619768.2023.2259077
DO - 10.1080/02619768.2023.2259077
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0261-9768
SP - 1
EP - 22
JO - European Journal of Teacher Education
JF - European Journal of Teacher Education
ER -