Teaching as a Prospective Career: Motivators and Disincentives

There is a growing sentiment that teaching, as a prospective career, is losing its attractiveness. Encouraging young people to pursue a career in teaching is becoming a challenge. A teacher shortage crisis is being experienced globally, and locally a similar situation has evolved. Young people are shying away from teaching as a career. In this scenario, a quantitative study to investigate 16- to 18-year-olds’ perspectives on teaching as a prospective career will be conducted through a questionnaire survey. The participants, all in post-secondary institutions, will be invited to share their opinions and ideas on the topic. The aim of this research is to comprehend the factors that encourage or discourage 16- to 18-year-olds when considering teaching as their prospective career. The research findings could help inform future decisions at a policy level to help render teaching a desirable profession. The motivators and disincentives perceived by young people could provide a valuable perspective to different stakeholders who are interested in overcoming the teacher shortage crisis and in attracting the best talent from young people for the teaching profession.