Honors College Theses

Publication Date

4-20-2015

Major

Early Childhood Education (B.S.Ed.)

Document Type and Release Option

Thesis (open access)

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Yasar Bodur

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the level of influence parents had on the career decision making process for their children who are pre-service teachers. Participants were pre-service teachers in their final year in the teacher education program. Data were collected using both a survey and interviews. The data were then divided into two groups consisting of responses from the pre-service teachers who are children of educators and those who are children of non-educators. In comparing these two groups, this study revealed that the children of educators indicated a slightly greater parent influence on their career choices than the children of non-educators. Qualitative findings showed that some of the educator parents discouraged their children from pursuing education and therefore most of the pre-service teachers actually began college in other career fields.

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