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Purpose: This research aims to explore the relationship between pre-service preschool teachers’ interest and career choice satisfaction, and to provide a basis for schools and teachers’ two-way selection of preschool teacher positions. Methods: Using the Teacher Interest Scale (TIS) and the career choice satisfaction subscale in the FIT-Choice scale, using SPSS to conduct descriptive statistics and inferential analysis on the data of 212 pre-service preschool teachers in local undergraduate colleges. Results: The subject interest of pre-service preschool teachers was significantly positively correlated with didactic interest and educational interest; educational interest was significantly positively correlated with didactic interest and career choice satisfaction.
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To Cite this Article: Shen, L., & Luen, L. C. (2022). The Relationship between Pre-service Preschool Teachers’ Interest and Career Choice Satisfaction in China. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 11(1), 310–318.
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