Supply Hesitation of Highly Qualified Teachers:A Double-data Validation of Graduates and Undergraduates from A"Double First-class"University
The demand for highly qualified teachers requires the supply of highly qualified teachers,but as the export end of the supply of highly qualified teachers,the increasingly prominent phenomenon of hesitation in employment choice among graduates of high-level normal universities has not been paid enough attention by domestic researchers for the time being.Based on administrative data and survey data from a"Double First-class"university,the paper used a Fixed Effect Model to compare the differences in demographics,socio-economic backgrounds,academic and activity performance,and psychologi-cal attributes between those who enter the teaching profession after graduation from normal universities and those who do not.It was found that individuals who were male,academically competent,and whose birthplace was from a region with a higher level of economic and social development were more likely to not enter the teaching profession immediately after graduation.Undergraduates with extroverted personalities,a strong sense of professional identity and belief in education,and involve-ment in program bringing education underdeveloped areas during college had a higher likelihood of choosing to enter the teaching profession. The article suggests that focusing on and addressing the phenomenon of employment hesitation among highly qualified teachers requires improving the precision of teacher education policies and reinforcing professional identity and practice in the pre-service training.
career choiceteaching professionnormal universityacademic performance