英文摘要 |
The main purpose of this study is to explore the situation of choosing a major, occupational knowledge, and teaching commitment of Child Care Department students. Besides, the study examines to what extent the subjects’ “major choice” and “occupational knowledge” can predict their teaching commitment. Questionnaire surveys are applied to collect the data. The subjects (N=1088) are sampled from four-year-daytime-program students of Child Care Department in colleges of science and technology. The data is analyzed by applying the statistical methods, including descriptive statistics, variance analysis of dependent samples, and multiple regression. The main findings of this study are as follows: 1.The main factor causing students to study in Child Care Departments was “personal factors.” Students’ occupational knowledge was fragmented; however, their understanding of work capacity and work ethic of occupational knowledge required for preschool teaching was complete. Moreover, the teaching commitment in child care centers was positive, and especially, the level of work engagement of the teaching commitment was the highest. 2. “Personal factors” and “financial factors” of major choice as well as “workfares” and “work ethics” of occupational knowledge can significantly predict “work identity” of teaching commitment. Moreover, “personal factors,” “others’ opinions,” and “financial factors” of major choice are the significant predictors of “work tendency” of teaching commitment. Furthermore, “personal factors” of major choice as well as “work capacity” and “work ethic” of occupational knowledge can significantly predict “work engagement” of teaching commitment. |