Why Students Withdraw from Initial Teacher Training

A passion for languages: motivation and preparation to teach modern foreign languages in eight cohorts of beginning teachers

“…Heafford and Jennison (1998) found that working with children and using subject knowledge were still enjoyable for their respondents 15 years into their teaching careers; Chambers and Roper (2000) reveal that some student teachers who withdraw from the PGCE nevertheless still claim to love their subject and children. Although the factors appear to vary for different subject specialisms, there has been little research into MFL student teachers' reasons for electing to teach and very little research on foreign native speakers training to become MFL teachers (Block, 2001).…”

A Comparative Analysis of Teacher Education by Country

“…Some critics have suggested that there is a crisis in teacher recruitment. Further, there is evidence that trainee students may withdraw from teacher training because of financial problems or the perceived poor image of the profession (Chambers & Roper, 2000). Certainly, the number of entrants to initial teacher training was 24% below target in 1998-99, with shortfalls in design and technology (46%), mathematics (47%) and information technology (44%) particularly severe.…”

The Time for “Positive” Transformation in Teacher Education

“…high level of stress during their student teaching practicum. However, this phenomenon is not restricted to our own teacher education program, as student teaching practica have been being associated with moderate to high levels of anxiety and stress in many different parts of the world (Capel, 1997;Chambers et al, 2000;Mapfumo et al, 2012;Mundia, 2010).…”

“…Feeling stressed and overburdened are themes preservice teachers identify as reasons for withdrawing from their teacher education programs (Chambers et al, 2000).…”