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Measurement of Chinese student teachers' professional commitment

Yang, Myau-Fen

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Title
Measurement of Chinese student teachers' professional commitment
Author(s)
Yang, Myau-Fen
Issue Date
1992
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Rosenshine, Barak
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • Education, Guidance and Counseling
  • Education, Elementary
  • Education, Teacher Training
Language
eng
Abstract
  • This study contains two parts. Part one, a developmental study, produced a three-factor model of the Chinese Professional Commitment Scale (PCS). The alpha reliability coefficients for the three scales (Dedication, Valuing Teaching, and Career Continuance) and total scale are high.
  • Part two investigates the degree of professional commitment among teacher education students in the National Pingtung Teachers College in Taiwan. Of five variables examined, vocational interest (Holland's SDS), gender, and GPA were the variables found to predict professional commitment; socioeconomic status (SES) and college class level were not related to professional commitment.
  • The results of stepwise multiple regressions indicated two-way interactions between vocational interest and GPA, and three-way interactions among vocational interest, gender, and GPA on all PCS Scales and total scale.
  • The results of two-way ANOVAs indicated significant two-way interactions between vocational interest and GPA on all PCS Scales and total scale for males, and significant two-way interactions between vocational interest and GPA on Valuing Teaching (Scale 2) for females.
  • One-way ANOVAs and Scheffe post hoc multiple comparisons indicated that Dedication (Scale 1), Career Continuance (Scale 3), and total scale can be used to differentiate the three vocational interest groups when GPA is low or medium. However, these scales do not distinguish the groups when GPA is high. Valuing Teaching (Scale 2) can be used to differentiate among the three vocational interest groups when GPA is low. This scale does not distinguish the groups when GPA is medium or high.
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Copyright 1992 Yang, Myau-Fen

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