The preparation of Mathematics Teachers in Australia - ACDS

Appendix 4: Mathematics teachers’ original motivations –
additional information
The factors that originally attracted the responding mathematics teachers to the teaching profession
are described in Chapter 8. Table A4.1 presents responses grouped by state/territory.
Table A4.1 Original attraction to the profession of teaching, grouped by state and sector
Proportion of teachers listing this response 1 to the question:
What originally attracted you into the profession of teaching?
(%)
Rewarding
nature
(n=1781)
Opportunities
for social
interaction
(n=1025)
Love of
Mathematics
(n=1413)
Job security
(n=1224)
Salary
(n=451)
Working
conditions
(n=1272)
Other
(n=491)
All teachers
(n=2859)
62.3 35.8 49.4 42.8 15.8 44.5 17.2
ACT
(n=67)
NSW
(n=710)
NT
(n=53)
QLD
(n=428)
SA
(n=313)
TAS
(n=98)
VIC
(n=877)
WA
(n=313)
67.2 37.3 58.2 37.3 9.0 47.8 31.3
60.7 34.5 57.7 42.8 14.5 44.4 19.6
69.8 32.1 39.6 39.6 13.2 34.0 26.4
54.7 34.3 44.4 50.0 20.3 49.5 13.3
64.5 41.5 42.8 44.7 21.7 40.9 17.3
60.2 32.7 35.7 51.0 27.6 61.2 21.4
67.5 37.7 45.2 38.8 12.8 41.5 15.8
57.8 31.3 60.1 41.5 13.1 45.7 14.7
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