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Article

Parental Perceptions of the Teaching Profession: Factors That Predict Parental Encouragement of Students to Enter the Teaching Profession

by
Steven Christensen
,
Randall S Davies
*,
Ross A. A. Larsen
,
Scott Harris
,
Joseph Hanks
and
Bryan Bowles
McKay School of Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Educ. Sci. 2022, 12(11), 734; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12110734
Submission received: 16 September 2022 / Revised: 12 October 2022 / Accepted: 19 October 2022 / Published: 22 October 2022
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This study examines factors that influence parent’s willingness to encourage their children to consider teaching as a career. Using structural equation modeling, we identified four factors that are highly predictive of a parent’s willingness to encourage their children to consider teaching and their belief that teaching would be their best career option. Results indicated that parents were more likely to encourage their children to become teachers when people outside the family had encouraged the children to teach, if the parents believed their child would be a good teacher, and if parents thought that expectations placed on teachers were reasonable. Results also showed, however, that when considering other professions, parents were much less likely to encourage their children to become teachers in favor of other professions.
Keywords: teacher education; teacher recruitment; teacher profession; teacher shortage; perceptions on the teaching profession; career choice teacher education; teacher recruitment; teacher profession; teacher shortage; perceptions on the teaching profession; career choice

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Christensen, S.; Davies, R.S.; Larsen, R.A.A.; Harris, S.; Hanks, J.; Bowles, B. Parental Perceptions of the Teaching Profession: Factors That Predict Parental Encouragement of Students to Enter the Teaching Profession. Educ. Sci. 2022, 12, 734. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12110734

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Christensen S, Davies RS, Larsen RAA, Harris S, Hanks J, Bowles B. Parental Perceptions of the Teaching Profession: Factors That Predict Parental Encouragement of Students to Enter the Teaching Profession. Education Sciences. 2022; 12(11):734. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12110734

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Christensen, Steven, Randall S Davies, Ross A. A. Larsen, Scott Harris, Joseph Hanks, and Bryan Bowles. 2022. "Parental Perceptions of the Teaching Profession: Factors That Predict Parental Encouragement of Students to Enter the Teaching Profession" Education Sciences 12, no. 11: 734. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12110734

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Christensen, S., Davies, R. S., Larsen, R. A. A., Harris, S., Hanks, J., & Bowles, B. (2022). Parental Perceptions of the Teaching Profession: Factors That Predict Parental Encouragement of Students to Enter the Teaching Profession. Education Sciences, 12(11), 734. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12110734

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