Who enters teaching and why are questions of immense social and political importance
throughout the world. This paper presents a scoping review of empirical studies, published …

This paper reports on a comprehensive review of international evidence, synthesising the
findings of some of the strongest empirical work on the main factors influencing people's …

This study examined the suitability of the FIT-Choice scale in a Dutch educational context
among two cohorts of preservice teachers (N s= 62, 89), surveyed at the end and the …

In this study, the assumption that motivation is relevant for preservice teachers' engagement
to the profession is investigated using the Factors Influencing Teaching (FIT) Choice theory …

The study employed a self-determination theory (SDT) framework to explore pre-service
teachers' perceptions of their professional training in relation to motivational outcomes. We …

In times of teacher shortage, well-considered, goal-oriented teacher recruitment is important.
An understanding of the reasons why different groups of students undertake teacher training …

Informed by a multiple, integrated perspective on teacher motivations, this study explores ten
student teachers' motivation change throughout a pre-service language teacher education …

In order to counter what appears to be a problem for many OECD countries, namely the
growing shortage of teachers, it will be crucial to retain pre-service teachers and keep them …

This paper reports on findings from an exploratory study carried out in Portugal and Sweden,
concerning student teacher recruitment to Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes. It …

Informed by linguistic ecological theory and the notion of identity, this study investigates
language uses and identity construction in interactions among students with different …