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Thank you for your interest in this research study on “Motivations Behind Choosing Teaching as a Profession”.
If you choose to participate, you would be asked to complete a survey packet that would take about 15 minutes of your time. Your responses will assist me, Maryam Eissa AlSuwaidi, in understanding the main motives behind choosing teaching as a future career among education students. By responding to the questionnaire packet, you provide your consent to participate. Please do not include your name or college ID number on the questionnaires. All responses will remain completely anonymous and confidential. If you have any questions about the survey, would like to follow up on any topics related to the topics covered, or would like to receive further information, please contact Maryam Eissa AlSuwaidi, [email protected] . This study has been approved by Dr. Majeda Humeidan. 
 
 
 
Age
 
18 - 23
 
26 - 30
 
30 - 35
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Education Program Enrolled in
 
Bachelor's program
 
Master's degree
 
Doctoral degree
 
Other
 
 
 
 
Marital status and children
 
Single
 
Married
 
Divorced
 
Widowed
 
 
 
Have you completed your work placement/Internship?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
Was Education your first choice major?
 
Yes
 
No
 
 
For each statement below, please rate how important it was in YOUR decision to become a teacher, from 1 (not at all important in your decision) to 7 (extremely important in your decision).
Please rate the following:
“I chose to become a teacher because…”

not at all extremely
important important
I am interested in teaching
Part-time teaching could allow more family time
My friends think I should become a teacher
As a teacher I will have lengthy holidays
I have the qualities of a good teacher
Teaching allows me to provide a service to society
I’ve always wanted to be a teacher
Teaching may give me the chance to work abroad
Teaching will allow me to shape child/adolescent values
I was unsure of what career I wanted
I like teaching
I want a job that involves working with children/adolescents
Teaching will offer a steady career path
Teaching hours will fit with the responsibilities of having a family
I have had inspirational teachers
As a teacher I will have a short working day
I have good teaching skills
Teachers make a worthwhile social contribution
A teaching qualification is recognised everywhere
Teaching will allow me to influence the next generation
My family think I should become a teacher
I want to work in a child/adolescent-centred environment
Teaching will provide a reliable income
School holidays will fit in with family commitments
I have had good teachers as role-models
Teaching enables me to ‘give back’ to society
I was not accepted into my first-choice career
Teaching will allow me to raise the ambitions of underprivileged youth
I like working with children/adolescents
Teaching will be a secure job
I have had positive learning experiences
People I’ve worked with think I should become a teacher
Teaching is a career suited to my abilities
A teaching job will allow me to choose where I wish to live
I chose teaching as a last-resort career
Teaching will allow me to benefit the socially disadvantaged
Teaching will allow me to have an impact on children/adolescents
Teaching will allow me to work against social disadvantage
 
 
For each question below, please rate the extent to which YOU agree it is true about teaching, from 1 (not at all) to 7 (extremely).
Please rate the following:
Do you think teaching is well paid?
Do you think teachers have a heavy workload?
Do you think teachers earn a good salary?
Do you believe teachers are perceived as professionals?
Do you think teachers have high morale?
Do you think teaching is emotionally demanding?
Do you believe teaching is perceived as a high-status occupation?
Do you think teachers feel valued by society?
Do you think teaching requires high levels of expert knowledge?
Do you think teaching is hard work?
Do you believe teaching is a well-respected career?
Do you think teachers feel their occupation has high social status?
Do you think teachers need high levels of technical knowledge?
Do you think teachers need highly specialised knowledge?
 
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