TY  - JOUR
A1  - Richter, Eric
A1  - Lazarides, Rebecca
A1  - Richter, Dirk
T1  - Four reasons for becoming a teacher educator
BT  - a large-scale study on teacher educators' motives and well-being
JF  - Teaching and teacher education : an international journal of research and studies
N2  - We developed a new survey instrument to investigate teacher educators? motives for entering the profession and examined the associations between motives and job satisfaction and emotional exhaustion in both teachers and teacher educators. Using data from 145 teacher educators instructing in-service teachers, we identified four motives: career aspirations, social contribution, escaping routines, and coincidence. While escaping routines represents a ?push? factor associated with emotional exhaustion in teachers, career aspirations represent a ?pull? factor associated with job satisfaction in teacher educators. The instrument can be used as a self-assessment tool for the recruitment of teacher educators. ? 2021 The Authors.
KW  - Teacher educator
KW  - Career change
KW  - Well-being
KW  - Emotional exhaustion
KW  - Professional development
KW  - Motives
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2021.103322
SN  - 0742-051X
SN  - 1879-2480
VL  - 102
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -