A Study on the Current Situation and Countermeasures of Occupational Identity among Students Majoring in Preschool Education in Art Vocational Colleges
This study investigates the status of professional identity among early childhood education students at a provincial art vocational college,and explores whether sex,grade,household registration,high school type,and major selection type influence students'professional identity.Results revealed that students exhibited a high level of teacher identity.Their satisfaction with the major and the major-occupation choice consistency were moderate to above-average levels.Significant positive correlations were shown among the three aspects of professional identity.Moreover,students who chose the major through self-selection showed significantly higher levels of teacher identity and major satisfaction compared to those who were assigned to the major.Male students exhibited significantly higher major satisfaction than their female counterparts.The first-year and third-year students showed significantly higher major-occupation choice consistency compared to the second-year students.Based on these findings,implications in enhancing the professional identity of students majoring in early childhood education were discussed.
art vocational collegepreschool educationprofessional identity