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Becoming a teacher: the thoughts of undergraduates training to work in Primary Education and ideas for their university education

Authors:	Francisco Esteban Bara Teodor Mellén Vinagre

Institution:	1. Department of the Theory and History of Education, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spainfranciscoesteban@ub.eduhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8679-2090;3. Department of Social Sciences, ESADE-URL, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract:	ABSTRACT What makes a good teacher and what motivates a person to want to teach are timeless questions that concern us all. This study focuses on those who are currently training to become teachers, more specifically undergraduates studying a degree in Primary Education in the universities of Catalonia. It adopts a quantitative methodology based on a self-administered questionnaire conducted with a representative sample. Participants’ open-ended responses are recorded and codified. Three main categories are constructed: personal, authentic teacher; the teacher as story teller; and, the teacher as motivator of learning. Results highlight important differences between these categories, extolling above all the authentic, personal teacher, who leaves a mark thanks to their character and way of being. This, together with other findings, raises various considerations for the university training of future teachers.

Keywords:	University education European Higher Education Area (EHEA) degree in Primary Education educational influence