The Assessment of Teacher Trainees Attitude towards Teaching Profession: (The Case of Teacher Trainees in Oromia Teachers College of Education)

Abstract

This study set out to investigate the attitude of teacher trainees in the three colleges under investigation(which are: Metu, Nekemte and Jimma College of Teacher Educations) towards the teaching profession. This was with a view to ascertain the extent to which variables like community attitude, teachers perception of themselves, teachers earnings may influence teacher trainees attitude towards teaching as a profession. A fifteen (16) item questionnaire was designed to elicit responses from individual teacher trainees and the teacher trainers with a view of determining the trainees attitude towards teaching profession. A representative sample size of 525 teacher trainee and 92 teacher trainer respondents were chosen from three (3) colleges of teacher education in Oromia randomly. Findings confirmed that in both case, there is no significance difference is seen in their responses the result of ANOVA multiple comparisons has shown that both the teacher trainees and the trainers do have positive attitude towards teaching profession. However the study result of the percentage has noted that there are instances were both teacher trainees and the teacher trainers indicated that accorded law social status, there is no self-satisfaction in teaching, teachers are not paid their salary, and everybody in the teacher education looks forward to leaving it for more rewarding professional career. In general, the teacher trainees in Oromia College of Teachers Education exhibited positive attitude towards teaching as a profession. It is recommended that government and other employers of labor should create the enabling environment to motivate students to choose and pursue career in teaching. It is also emphasized that teachers and educators in general should continue to conduct themselves in manner that would endear the noble profession to the hearts of the upcoming generation