Educational Beliefs and Passion among Preservice Teachers: A Comparative Statistical Analysis

The objective of this study was to identify the differences for the sub-constructs of educational beliefs and passion for teaching among 409 preservice teachers from Malaysia and China. Results demonstrated that Malaysian preservice teachers scored the highest mean for traditionalism whereas the Chi...

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Published in:The education review, USA USA, 2018-05, Vol.2 (5), p.281-288
Main Authors: Fin, Low Suet, Ishak, Zahari
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Belief & doubt
Comparative analysis
Educational Environment
Educational Quality
Preservice Teachers
Progressivism
Statistical analysis
Student teachers
Teaching Methods
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Summary:The objective of this study was to identify the differences for the sub-constructs of educational beliefs and passion for teaching among 409 preservice teachers from Malaysia and China. Results demonstrated that Malaysian preservice teachers scored the highest mean for traditionalism whereas the Chinese preservice teachers obtained the highest mean for romanticism. As for passion, the Malaysian and Chinese preservice teachers reported the highest mean in harmonious passion. Findings reported as for educational beliefs, the mean of two countries in their traditionalism and progressivem was significantly different. Preservice teachers from Malaysia reported higher mean than those from China in both cases. Regarding passion for teaching, the differences were only found in obsessive passion where Malaysian pre-service teachers reported the higher mean.
ISSN:2575-7938
2575-7946
DOI:10.26855/er.2018.05.002