Motives and Values of Students - Future Teachers

Abstract

The study aims to determine correlation between a person’s value system and motives for choosing the teaching profession. The article provides theoretical rationale and analysis of scientific papers on the issue of correlation between motives and values in choosing the teaching profession, presents results of an empirical study of the motivational-value sphere of teacher education students’ personalities. Scientific novelty of the study lies in identifying specific features of the personality structure of young people who have chosen the teaching profession. As a result of the research, it is proved that there is a high degree of correlation between motives for choosing the teaching profession and a person’s values in orientation towards interaction with people and orientation towards self.