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Motivation to Become a Teacher among Preservice Teachers in Colleges of Education in Ghana

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dc.contributor.author Davis, Ernest Kofi
dc.contributor.author Kwaah, Christopher Yaw
dc.contributor.author Beccles, Christopher
dc.contributor.author Ayebi-Arthur, Kofi
dc.date.accessioned 2022-04-04T13:18:20Z
dc.date.available 2022-04-04T13:18:20Z
dc.date.issued 2019-12
dc.identifier.issn 23105496
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8119
dc.description 65p:, ill. en_US
dc.description.abstract Ghana is among developing countries that use incentives to attract preservice teachers to train as early childhood, primary and junior high school teachers in Colleges of Education. This study sought to explore the motivation for the preservice teachers to train as teachers in the Colleges of Education in Ghana. A survey was carried out with 3, 308 preservice teachers from ten Colleges of Education in Ghana. A multistage sampling procedure involving stratified random sampling and purposive sampling methods was used in the selection of the research participants. Questionnaire was used to collect the data from the research participants. The data collected from the closed-ended items was analyzed using both frequency counts/percentages and Pearson’s Correlation. The data collected from the open-ended items were analysed qualitatively and presented as narrative description with some illustrative examples. The study revealed among others, that, the motivation to train as a teacher was not the main motive for the majority of the preservice teachers to enroll on the teacher education programme but the opportunity the teaching profession offers for one to eventually leave for the dream career. Implications of the findings for policy and future research are provided. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Cape Coast en_US
dc.subject Motivation en_US
dc.subject Preservice Teacher en_US
dc.subject Teacher Education en_US
dc.subject Ghana en_US
dc.title Motivation to Become a Teacher among Preservice Teachers in Colleges of Education in Ghana en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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