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TheTeacherProfessionalIdentitySituationofMaleandFemaleStudentsinTeachingProfession

TheTeacher’ProfessionalIdentitySituationofMaleandFemaleStudentsinTeachingProfession

—ASurveyBasedonTheNorthWestNormalUniversity

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Abstract:

Teachers'professionalidentityisoneofthemostimportantpsychologicalqualitiesregardingtakingupteachingprofession,theprofessionalidentityofmaleandfemalestudentsinteachingprofessionisinvestigatedinthispaperwhichchoosesNorthWestNormalUniversityasasample.Accordingtotheresultofquestionnairesurvey,thedifferenceofprofessionalidentitybetweenmaleandfemalestudentsarenotsignificantbutdoexist,andthereasonforsuchsituationwillbeanalyzedinthispaper.

KeyWords:

ProfessionalidentitymaleandfemalestudentsPISNS

1.Introduction

Professionalidentityistheconsistencyofpersonalviewsandattituderegardingprofessionalgoals,socialvaluesandexpectationandevaluationofsocietyforsuchoccupations.Themaindutyofteachersistoeducateandcultivatestudents,theirprofessionalidentityistheprimarilypremiseofgoodprofessionalethicsquality.Thestrongerfeelingofprofessionalidentityis,thebetterjobsatisfactionoftheteacherswillbe,subsequently,theywilldevotemoreenergytotheirjob,apleasantmoodaswellasconfidencewillmakethemfallinlovewiththeirjobsandgetridofpressuresaswell.Thestudentsinteachingprofessionarepotentialteachers,theextentoftheirprofessionalidentityexertsanconsiderableanddirectinfluenceontheiracademicperformanceandpsychologicalhealth,whatismore,italsohasaindirectimpactontheirintentionofleavingtheirjobsandthemethodsofeducatingchildrenorteenagers.

Femalestudentsaredefinitelydistinctwithmalestudentsincharacteristics.TheinvestigationsfromZhangfenzhi1,Wuxuzhao2andRaowei3bothtransparentlyindicatedthatthedegreeoffemalestudents’professionalidentityishigherthanthatofmalestudents.TheirresearchesrespectivelyfocusedonthestudentsfromHeNan,SiChuanandJiangXiprovinces.Topresentthedistinctionbetweenmaleandfemalestudentsinprofessionalidentity,thesurveyinthispaperisbasedonthestudentsfromNorthWestNormalUniversitywhichisthemosteminentnormalclassuniversitywiththerelativelyhighqualityofeducationandalargequantityofstudentsinGanSuprovince.

2.Method

Firstofall,literaturereview.Byconsultingandreviewingmanydocumentsinthepertinentfiled,aclearknowledgeofthestatusofprofessionalidentitywasgot,thenthedefinitionsanddimensionsofcurrentresearchwasevaluatedandthebackgroundofGanSuprovincewasprobedintoatthesametime.

Second,questionnairesurvey.Withundertakingthequestionnaireforstudentsinteachingprofessionaboutprofessionalidentity,andwithregardtothesituationofNorthWestNormalUniversity,ProfessionalIdentificationScaleforNormalStudents4（PISNS）wasusedinthispaper.Including12items,thePISNSchoosesthe5-pointscaleasametrictoestimatefourdifferentdimensionsthatareCareerAspiration&Expectation,CareerDesire,ProfessionalValuesandProfessionalEffectiveness.Asthescoreisfrom1to5,thedegreeofprofessionalidentityrangesfromlowtohigh,exceptforthe12thitemwhichisjustincontrasttoanyotheritems.

Third,statisticanalyses.Afterthequestionnairesurvey,twogroupsofdatafrommaleandfemalestudentswerecollectedtobeorganized,identified,summarizedandclassified.Tomakethedataexplicitandverifiable,SPSSwaschosentodescribethestatistic.

3.Result

Thissurveyobjectaretheundergraduatefromgrade1tograde4,andallstudentscomefromthemajorofChineselanguageandliterature,Ideologicalandpoliticaleducation,Chemistry,Mathematicsandappliedmathematics,computerscienceandtechnologywereselectedrandomlyasasample.Therewere192questionnairessentoutonline,and175ofwhichweretakenback.Whereas,163questionnaireswereprovedtobevalid,thustheratioofvaliditycameto93%,andtherewere89malestudentsand74femalestudentsincludedin.Thetablesofstatisticresultsareasfollows:

Table1

GENDER

MALE

FEMALE

89（54.6%）

74（45.4%）

Table2

DIMENSION

TOTAL

ITEM

CAREERASPIRATION&EXPETATION

CAREERDESIRE

PROFESSIONALVALUES

PROFESSIONALEFFECTIVENESS

PROFESSIONAL

IDENTITY

MEAN

12.18

8.33

9.33

10.91

40.77

TITLE

3

3

3

3

12

MEAN/TITLE

4.06

2.78

3.11

3.64

3.40

Table3

DIMENSION

GENDER

AMOUNT

M

SD

t

p

TOTALSCORES

MALE

89

39.58

6.45

-2.582

.722

FEMALE

74

42.19

6.37

CAREERASPIRATION&EXPETATION

MALE

89

11.81

2.38

-2.435

.370

FEMALE

74

12.72

2.35

CAREERDESIRE

MALE

89

8.10

2.46

-1.144

.380

FEMALE

74

8.55

2.58

PROFESSIONALVALUES

MALE

89

8.85

2.26

-3.003

.208

FEMALE

74

9.88

2.05

PROFESSIONALEFFECTIVENESS

MALE

89

10.82

2.30

-.612

.553

FEMALE

74

11.04

2.27

Asisshownabove,therearethenumberofdistributionbetweenmaleandfemaleintable1,thedescriptivestatisticofthewholesampleintable2,andtheindependentsamplet-testofdifferentgenderintable2.Itcanbeseenthattherearenosignificantdifferencesbetweenmaleandfemalestudents,nevertheless,femalestudents’scoresarehigherthanmalestudents’scoresindifferentdimensions.Duetothe5-pointscale,3isregardedasthereferencevalue.SowhatisobviousisthatthescoresinCareerDesireandProfessionalValuesofmalestudentislowerthan3,whilefemalestudentsgethigherscoresthan3exceptforCareerDesire.

4.Discussion

Totallyspeaking,noremarkablegapofscoresbetweenmaleandfemalestudents,andthedegreeofprofessionalidentityfromoverallsamplemanifeststhatallthestudentshaveastrongfeelingofprofessionalidentity.Butintermofthedistinguishbetweenmaleandfemalestudents,therearedifferentaspectsthatcountsinthisissue.

First,intraditionalbeliefs,whatChinesepeoplemaintainisthatfemalearemoresuitableforteachersinbothprimaryschoolandmiddleschool,andsoasisinsubstance,whichprobablyhasaimplicitinfluenceonundergraduates.

Second,comparedwithmale,femaledohavetheadvantageovermaleinpatience,lenience,thoroughmindandexquisiteexpressions.Soitisobviousthatcharacterisalsooneofthenotablefactswhichaccountsforfemales’strongerwillingtobeateacher.

Third,whenitcomestosexist,asamatteroffact,consideringtheabsolutereality,afemalewouldbefacedwithmorechallengesandlesschoicestogetajob.Conversely,itmightbeeasier,tosomeextent,forfemalesinteachingprofessiontogetajobthanmale.

Finally,becauseChineseeducationsystemisbasedonthepubliceducationnotprivateeducation,andtheschoolissupportedbythegovernment,soteachingislifelongjobnotatemporaryone.Foralargenumberoffemales,theytendtopursueformorestableworksandsalaries,thusthejobofteachingisfitforthemexactly.Butforfemales,stabilityisnotthefactwhichcountmost,theymaywantmorechallengesandfattersalaries,eventhoughtheworkishigh-risk,thehigh-yieldmakethemthinkitisworthytostrivefor.What’smore,teachingmajormaynotbethefirstchoicetheywantedtochoose,becauseitisdependsontheChineseEntranceExamination,besides,normalstudentsdonotneedtoaffordanytuitionfeesandotherexpensesforthewholefouryearsinChina,whichappealsincreasinglypoormalestudentstochoose.

Appendix

Professionalidentityofstudentsinteachingprofessionquestionnaire

Dearalumniandalumnae:

Thanksforyourtimetothisquestionnaireaboutprofessionalidentity.Thissurveyisanonymous,andtheresultsofitisalsonotpromulgated,whichisjustutilizedasaresearch.Youranswersareveryimportanttotheresearch,pleasechoosetheveryoptionswhichareinaccordancewithyouractual.

Pleasetick“√”fortherightoptionstoyou:

Gender:

Male

Female

Profession:

NaturalScience

SocialScience

Grade:

Ⅰ（Freshman）

Ⅱ（Sophomore）

Ⅲ（Junior）

Ⅳ（Senior）

1.Ithinknormalstudentsarerespectable.

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2.Iwillchoosetobeateacherevenifihaveanotherchoiceupongraduation.

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3.Iamabletobeaqualifiedteacher.

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4.Iwilldevotemyselftoteachinginmywholelife.

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5.IthinkIcanbeaexcellentteacher.

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6.Ihopetofostertheproperspiritualvaluesofstudents.

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7.Iwanttocommunicatewitholderteachers.

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8.Ithinkteachershaveahighersocioeconomicstatus.

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9.Icangrasptheteachingskills.

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10.Ithinktheteachingworkcanbevaluedbyothers.

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11.Ihaveastrongerwilltocommunicatewithst