Abstract
The authors had a unique opportunity to survey students in South Carolina and Mongolia regarding their motivation to become teachers and the characteristics they believed they possessed that would ensure their success as very good teachers. The realities of teacher education and teaching careers in the two localities were assumed to presage differences in motivation and perceived characteristics. However, more similarities than differences were apparent in the students' answers. The few disparities can be attributed to explicit differences in culture and tradition, not necessarily the differences in training and teaching environments.
Recommended Citation
Noble, Lynne S. and Odgerel, D.
(2011)
"The Decision to Teach: Comparing Mongolian and South Carolinian Teacher Candidates,"
Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina: Vol. 4:
No.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/tejsc/vol4/iss1/5