Yu Xiaofei, An Min, Zhao Xiaofeng
School of Education, Qufu Normal University, Jining 273165, China.
Center for International Education, Philippine Christian University, Philippines.
Heliyon. 2023 Feb 23;9(3):e13918. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13918. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Competence beliefs, career values, and perceptions regarding teaching as a profession have important implications for preservice teachers' professional development. Longitudinal research concerning the development of preservice teachers' competence beliefs, values, and perceptions of teaching remains scarce. We investigated a sample of 270 Chinese preservice teachers on three measurement occasions. The expectancy-value theory framework was employed as a theoretical framework. We first tested the longitudinal measurement invariance of the FIT-Choice scale and then examined the growth trajectories of preservice teachers' competence beliefs, career values, and perceptions of teaching as a profession over time. The results showed that the FIT-Choice scale was characterized by longitudinal measurement invariance. The Chinese preservice teachers included in our sample exhibited an overall decline in the growth trajectories of values (e.g., social utility value) and perceptions of teaching (e.g., expertise, social status, salary, and career choice satisfaction) over time, with the exception of their perceptions of difficulty, which exhibited an overall increase over time. Their initial levels of all types of values and perception constructs exhibited individual variability. We did not find individual differences in the development of the constructs that we studied. Practical implications are discussed.
能力信念、职业价值观以及对教师职业的认知，对职前教师的专业发展具有重要影响。关于职前教师能力信念、价值观和教学认知发展的纵向研究仍然匮乏。我们在三个测量时点对270名中国职前教师进行了抽样调查。研究采用期望 - 价值理论框架作为理论依据。我们首先检验了FIT - Choice量表的纵向测量不变性，然后考察了职前教师的能力信念、职业价值观以及对教师职业的认知随时间的发展轨迹。结果表明，FIT - Choice量表具有纵向测量不变性。我们样本中的中国职前教师，除了对教学难度的认知随时间总体呈上升趋势外，其价值观（如社会效用价值）和教学认知（如专业技能、社会地位、薪资和职业选择满意度）的发展轨迹总体呈下降趋势。他们各类价值观和认知结构的初始水平存在个体差异。我们没有发现所研究结构在发展过程中的个体差异。文中讨论了实际意义。
