Selected Canadian Pre- Service Teachers: An Analysis of Values Thomas Ryan and Stephanie Robinson Nipissing University

Why Study Pre-Service Teachers’ Values?  Values influence the actions and thoughts of all people and are demonstrated to students through their teachers’ behaviours and words  The values of teachers may be seen in grading criteria and social interactions with students, parents, or other teachers  Purpose  Explore the value or belief systems of pre-service educators  Examine potential differences and similarities between divisions and genders

Participants DivisionFemaleMaleTotal Primary/Junior Junior/Intermediate Intermediate/Senior Total All participants were Bachelor of Education students at Nipissing University in the year. They completed the Rokeach Value Survey either online or in class and answered two demographics questions: their gender and division.

Rokeach Value Survey  The Rokeach Value Survey consists of two separate lists of 18 terminal and 18 instrumental values organized in alphabetical order  Participants are to rank the terminal values from most important (1) to least important (18) and then rank the instrumental values in the same fashion  Terminal values represent an ultimate goal or vision for the world and their own life  Examples: Freedom, Happiness, and Social Recognition  Instrumental values represent how the subject intends to achieve their vision  Examples: Ambitious, Helpful, and Polite

Analysis of Results  Surveys were entered into Excel spreadsheets alongside demographic information  Means were calculated for each value  The values were then ordered from most important (lowest mean) to least important (highest mean) by gender (male and female) and division (primary/junior, junior/intermediate, and intermediate/senior)  Statistical T-Tests and One-Way ANOVAS were used to define significant differences between categories

Terminal Values RankP/JJ/II/S 1Health Family Security 2 Health 3True Friendship Freedom 4Self-Respect Equality 5Freedom True Friendship 6Mature Love A Comfortable Life RankMaleFemale 1Health 2Family Security 3FreedomTrue Friendship 4A Comfortable LifeSelf-Respect 5Mature LoveFreedom 6An Exciting LifeMature Love

Instrumental Values RankP/JJ/II/S 1HonestLovingHonest 2LovingHonestIndependent 3LoyalResponsible 4HelpfulLoyalLoving 5Independent Loyal 6PoliteForgivingBroad-Minded RankMaleFemale 1Honest 2Loving 3Loyal 4HelpfulResponsible 5IndependentHelpful 6ResponsibleIndependent

Discussion  Acculturation of Education  Many similarities were found in the values of different genders and academic divisions  Homogeneity due to commonalities in occupational culture or spending a year at the same university?  Limitations of Study  Limited males within sample  Abundance of Primary/Junior subjects

Future Research  Currently we are working on a second study that identifies and compares the values of Concurrent Education students at Nipissing University  If you have any questions about our research or similar research interests, feel free to contact us via