Pre-Service Teachers' Motivation Related to Career Choice: The Case of PNU BCED and BEED Students

The multiplicity of motives behind each behavior cannot be underestimated.  And when it comes to the choice of a life-long career, a young adult has to make a crucial decision in a snap of time.  Career choice as elucidated by Ibrahim (1998) implies that individuals have gone through a decision-making process, that they have surveyed the work field, have accessed their competencies, have some understanding of what bring a sense of fulfillment and have examined alternatives and the likely effects of these alternatives on their self-concept.  Thus, the motives behind such crucial choice are varied and overlapping.