Admission in Teaching

Motivation to “becoming a professor”

Where do I start? Inspirations...

Challenges in the beginning of the career

· Through invitation or indication

· Seeking the first work experience

· For the challenge of it: “check whether or not I had a talent for that”

· Inner motivation: enjoy teaching, “making a difference”, “gift”, “childhood dream”, what being a teacher represents, breaking barriers

· Advantages of the profession: autonomy and time flexibility

· External motivation: support from professor and colleagues, family influence

· Observing, making use of, imitating, reproducing successful practices of reference-professors

· Pondering and critically analyzing the practices which didn’t seem to work

· Age, too young

· Lack of preparation

· Taking on subjects without mastering the content

· Insecurity