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RESEARCH PRODUCT

¿Por qué los estudiantes de la Universidad Pedagógica ISFODOSU escogen la carrera de Educación?

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As part of research aimed at establishing the profiles of students of new entry at ISFODOSU, we include vocational variables to determine the most important motivations for the choice of career of the participants, as well as for the election of this university and opinion on its technological resources. The sample (No. 744) was chosen at random, proportionally among the Enclosures, Careers and Sex strata. First, we validate the FIT-Choice scale with two confirmatory factorial analyses. The 12 motivational factors showed a good level of fit (RMSEA .062; CFI .92 and TLI .901, as well as the 6 perceptual factors (RMSEA .062; CFI .944 and TLI .924). The reliability of the motivational factors was good, between .66 and .93, as were the perceptual factors between .73 and .92. The most important motivations for choosing the education career were to influence the future of children, make a social contribution and a taste for teaching. Among the perceptual factors were satisfaction with the choice, the demand for the career and the demand of the profession. The most important factors in choosing ISFODOSU as a university were quality, economics and services. The university’s technological resources were considered to be very adequate and up-to-date. Using three-factor variance analysis, some differences between the strata appeared. It details the venues, careers and sexes that needed to improve their motivations and attitudes towards the university.