Association Between Teacher Students’ Academic Orientation and Their Labour Market Situation. A presentation in Rovaniemi, ISATT 2009

1. Another Brick in the Wall? Association Between Teacher Students’ Academic Orientation and Their Labour Market Situation. Visa Tuominen, Juhani Rautopuro & Antero Puhakka University of Joensuu [email_address] [email_address] [email_address]

9. 6. Results (2) 17 % of class teachers and 27 % of subject teachers were “unhurried”. 197,0 35,1 189,0 67,8 26,4 65,0 Subject teachers Mean Std. Dev. Median 185,5 26,6 180,0 51,6 15,9 50,0 Class teachers Mean Std. Dev. Median Richness of studies (currents/credits) Duration of studies (months)

10. 6. Results (3) Labour market situation (next April) Association between education and labour market situation (good / poor / can´t define) Class teachers: 97 % / 2 % / 1 % Subject teachers: 93 % / 5 % / 2 % 4 % 3 % Others 8 % 6 % Family leave 5 % 1 % Unemployed 4,1 % 1,6 % Postgraduate studies 79 % 88 % Working Subject teachers Class teachers

11. 6. Results (4) Situation at the moment of the graduation Working experience during studies (including training periods): Full time (yes / no) Duration (months) Class teachers (42 % / 58 %) (mean = 11 m; median = 6 m) Subject teachers (46 % / 54 %) (mean = 17 m; median = 8 m) Part time (yes / no) Class teachers (23 % / 77 %) (mean = 2 m; median = 2 m) Subject teachers (31 % / 69 %) (mean = 2 m; median = 2 m) 34 % 14 % 52 % Subject teachers 23 % 20 % 57 % Class teachers Not working, no security of a job Not working but a security of a job Already working

12. 6. Results (5) Alpha = 0.72 Mean correlation = 0.40 Alpha = 0.77 Mean correlation = 0.46 Academic degree Vocational qualifications achieved by the degree Main subject of the degree Additional subjects taken Grade of Master’s thesis Topic of a Master’s thesis Mastery of research methods Study success Vocational orientation Academic orientation 3,5 0,4 3,5 3,4 0,6 3,5 1,4 0,4 1,2 1,6 0,6 1,5 Class teachers Mean Std.dev Median Subject teachers Mean Std.dev Median Vocational orientation (range 1 – 4) Academic orientation (range 1 – 4)

16. 7a. Some results of the interviews Q: I´ll ask you to describe your way after the graduation to the position, where you are at this very moment. Please describe, what happened? A: “Mmm. Last spring I graduated… I mean I had to graduate as quickly as possible. So it was something like 16 days and nights that it took me to write my thesis because I needed to achieve the master´s degree in order to apply for the job.” Subject teacher, male. Major subject: History Grade of the Thesis: Mcl (5/7) Worked as a teacher/headmaster in a comprehensive school by the time of the first interview.

17. 7b. Some results of the interviews A: “So, I was about to give a presentation in the (thesis) seminar. And by a chance, there had just opened a four-month -position for a research assistant. I really had no plan whatsoever to stay at the university, nor become a researcher. It has never been my dream. So it was just pure co-incidence.I happened to be at the right time, at the right spot, with the right subject (of the thesis). That´s it.” Subject teacher, female. Major: Sociology Grade of the Thesis: Ecl (6/7) Worked as a reseacher by the time of the first interview.

18. 7c. Some results of the interviews A: “---It really bored me, trying to write the thesis. It (thesis) just did not work out. Not at all. And then, by a chance I saw an advertisement in the paper. They were looking for a teacher to a local vocational school. I thought that I would be better off working than trying to get the thesis done. So, the plan was that: I will work for the schoolyear and the following summer will finish the thesis. But it took four-five years to get it (the thesis) done.” Subject teacher, female. Major: English language Grade of the Thesis: Nsla (3/7) Worked as a English and Swedish teacher in a vocational school by the time of the first interview.

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