Naslov
Why is there a shortage of mathematics teachers? The high-school students’ views on the mathematics teacher profession

Autori
Rukavina, Sanja ; Kovačević, Dina ; Bakić, Milan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
The Third International Scientific Colloquium Mathematics and Children (The Math Teacher)

Urednik/ci
Pavleković, Margita

Izdavač
Element

Grad
Zagreb

Godina
2011

Raspon stranica
9-19

ISBN
978-953-197-578-0

Ključne riječi
Mathematics teacher ; high school students’ views

Sažetak
The problem of the lack of Mathematics teachers at all levels of the school system in the Republic of Croatia is on of the most discussed issues among mathematicians nowadays. In spite of the fact that this shortage is well known to the general public not only from data provided by the HZZ (Croatian Employment Service), but also from frequent job vacancies for Mathematics teachers and scholarships for deficitary professions at both local and state levels, granted, among other professions, for Mathematics teachers, it is a fact that every year there are not enough students interested in choosing Mathematics Studies for Mathematics Teachers. In order to answer the question why there is the lack of Mathematics teachers, we conducted a survey on general and mathematics high school students’ views on being a Mathematics teacher. The aim of the survey is to find out what high school students think about the Mathematics teacher profession, what factors influence their views and at what extent, and whether their former Mathematics teacher has had any influence on their views. Furthermore, the aim is to find out how informed the students are regarding the interrelationship among certain professions, Mathematics teacher being one of them, based on the demand in the labour market and the relationship between average salaries for different professions, as well as to find out what they think about the interrelation between chosen professions according to their attractiveness.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Matematika

Napomena
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