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How does the motivation to become a teacher vary across countries? We conducted an exploratory study among aspiring teachers in three countries to explore the possibility of detecting differences in teacher motivation across education policy contexts. Using the FIT-Choice Scale developed by Watt and Richardson (2007), we found that participants in Finland and Sweden expressed different impressions of and attractions to the teaching profession. A sample from the United States revealed further differences still. Between-country differences were significant. Using these results, we suggest further comparative analyses regarding policy and the motivations of teacher candidates.

is a peerreviewed and open access book series for publication of research in education. It aims to cover a broad range of academic monographs and edited volumes in education including, for example, adult learning; career development; citizenship education including cosmopolitanism, patriotism and nationalism; democracy and education; health and education; higher education; history of education; international studies; interaction, communication and learning; leadership and organization in schools and society; philosophy of education; policy studies; sociology of education, and vocational education and training.

This special issue focuses on young people's career choices and career learning, as well as societal governing and interventions targeting youth. The articles emanate from the cross-disciplinary, international conference Transitions, career learning and career management skills-Multidisciplinary and critical perspectives, which was held at Stockholm University in October 2017. An important aim of the conference was to bring together and stimulate exchange between researchers from the commonly separated research fields of youth transitions, career learning and counselling, as well as vocational education and training (VET), respectively. Young people's career choices and school-to-work transitions became prioritised matters

This article aims to analyze student progression in European higher education (HE) using Sweden and UK as countries of reference. It presents and problematizes common ways to measure student progression (e.g., rates of dropout, completion, and retention), distinguishing between institutional departures or system departures, and the implications of the timing of the measurement, hence focusing on early and late leavers. The article also discusses general rates of student progression in different countries and the reasons for dropping out, revealing what lies behind the dropout statistics. Finally, the article also includes a critical questioning of the interests and intentions behind the data production. The article offers an orientation among the multiple definitions and measurements of student progression in HE. It deals with the value of measurements and alternative ways of measuring student progression, and with the implications for further studies on dropout and completion rates, which are politically contested issues.