The Teachers? Career Calling at Public Vocational Colleges in Shanghai City
Keywords:
Career Calling, Vocational College, Shanghai CityAbstract
The objective of this research was to explore the components of teachers? career calling at Public Vocational Colleges in Shanghai City under the People?s Republic of China.
The research methodology was a mixed-method. The key informants were 7 administrators and 6 teachers obtained by purposive sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection and analysis was an indepth interview questions and content analysis.
The research findings revealed that the components of teachers? career calling at Public Vocational Colleges in Shanghai City included: guiding force, meaning and value, altruistic, career persistence, excelsior and lifelong learning.
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