The negative consequences of an incorrectly chosen profession affect both the person himself/herself and his/her social environment. The right choice of profession helps to reduce staff turnover and increase labor productivity. This truth is directly related to the teaching profession. The problem of motivating a professional teaching career, as well as the problem of motivating human behavior and developed. There are practically no special studies that would trace the relationship between the motives for choosing a pedagogical career and the motivation for pedagogical activity among students at the initial stage of teacher education.
The purpose of the study: to identify the career orientations preferences of first-year student teachers from various types of universities implementing teacher education programs: the capital’s pedagogical university, federal university, classical university, regional multidisciplinary university in the national region, regional pedagogical university and regional university of humanities and technology.
E. Shein’s method of studying professional career motivation (adapted by V.E. Vinokurova and V.A. Chiker) was chosen as the research method. First year students of six Russian universities enrolled in the Pedagogical Education program participated in the study.
The study presents the student teachers’ career orientations on the following scales: professional competence, management, autonomy, job stability, residence stability, service, challenge, lifestyle integration, entrepreneurship. Dispositions, value orientations and social attitudes of students that influence career orientations are also presented.
Author : Irina D. Demakova
Systematic Approach for Efficient Use of Research Methods in Educational Theory
The purpose of this study was to change the broad picture of research methods in the educational
theory, which is essential for development of modern pedagogy. The systematic approach to
education developed by the scientific school of L.I. Novikova, member of the Russian Academy
of Education, was analyzed. The authors explored the differentiated indicators such as integrity,
orderliness and evolvability, that shape the research of all social pedagogical systems. This article
emphasizes that in the modern-day world it is important to integrate different research methods
(theoretical and empirical, quantitative and qualitative) and combinations of research methods in
pedagogical and related sciences in order to make the best use of their complementarity, with regard
to the special nature of the subject. Emphasis should be given to qualitative research methods guided
by the intention to understand the personal meanings lying behind a child’s actions. The two most
useful qualitative methods are the method of participatory observation and the method of real-life
situations. The article discusses various methods of research of soft systems in the educational theory
aimed at the identification, proper study and multifaceted analysis of the problems that occur. It also
emphasizes the importance of a systematic approach in the theory of collective education where the
backbone of the system is the children’s community and the unity of children and adults.