OPINION FROM STUDENTS OF EDUCATION ABOUT CHOOSING FUTURE PROFESSION

Abstract

In the recent years we can hear society talking about Educators profession. Small percentage of people understands how being a teacher is responsible and demanding and it often comes down to “playing with the children “. The purpose of this review is perception of different opinions the students of Education in pre-school institutions have about future profession. The method that was used in the research is descriptive and the technique was surveying. In the online survey there were 200 students from Faculty of Pedagogy in Belgrade, all undergraduate studies included, from which the majority of students were the ones from the Third year (almost 40%). For data processing, besides frequencies and percentages, the χ² test was also used, and with it we were able to test the difference in answers from students from different years of the studies, while the quantitive data processing  implied categorizing answers based of open-ended questions. The results show that for the majority of students of the Faculty of Pedagogy, this university was the only option and it fulfilled their expectations. Majority of students considers Pedagogy to be under valued in today’s society, with students of the last two years (third and forth) of the study being more aware of it, compared to their younger students (first and second year). In the second part of the questionnaire about the different values of educators, the students pointed out that they remember very well their teachers and especially those teachers that were warm and caring and were expressing love towards children. Looking at the results of research, the things that students point out the most about pedagogy is: love for the pedagogy, pedagogy as profession not being valued enough in the society, and motivation to make changes and make pedagogy calling better.