Uncovering the motivations towards a profession may contribute to a better understanding of how the profession is chosen and will be pursued. However, the research on the attractiveness of the music teaching profession is rather limited and predominantly focused on identity development, thereby overlooking other aspects that may play a role. In pursuing a case study, my aim is to contribute to this field of research by investigating the views of pre-service music teachers enrolled at the University of Karlstad in Sweden. The results depict a unique motivational profile compared to their counterparts in other subjects. These differential aspects are threefold, indicating a high prevalence of ‘extrinsic motivations’ driving their choice of profession, that ‘altruistic reasons’ have lower significance as a motivating factor, and that there is a poor perceived relevance of these individuals’ future profession. In addition, this study provides evidence of the prevalence of ‘musician identities’ over ‘teaching identities’ and foresees the dependence between the participants’ motivation and their future students’ progression. Moreover, I hypothesise that career changes and Pygmalion effects are to be expected if intrinsic motivation towards the profession is not fostered or if this population’s motivation is linked to the progress of their students rather than the challenge of motivating them in the first place.

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成为一名音乐老师有什么吸引力？探索职前音乐教师的职业动机

揭示职业动机可能有助于更好地理解如何选择和从事该职业。然而，对音乐教学职业吸引力的研究相当有限，并且主要集中在身份发展上，从而忽视了可能发挥作用的其他方面。在进行案例研究时，我的目的是通过调查瑞典卡尔斯塔德大学的职前音乐教师的观点，为这一研究领域做出贡献。与其他学科的同行相比，结果描绘了独特的动机概况。这些差异有三个方面，表明驱动他们选择职业的“外在动机”普遍存在，“利他原因”作为激励因素的重要性较低，并且这些人未来职业的感知相关性较差。此外，这项研究提供了“音乐家身份”比“教学身份”普遍存在的证据，并预见了参与者的动机与其未来学生的进步之间的依赖性。此外，我假设，如果没有培养对职业的内在动机，或者如果这一群体的动机与学生的进步而不是首先激励他们的挑战相关，那么职业变化和皮格马利翁效应是可以预料的。