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

2. 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

3. Participants DivisionFemaleMaleTotal Primary/Junior671077 Junior/Intermediate311041 Intermediate/Senior172744 Total11547162 All participants were Bachelor of Education students at Nipissing University in the 2010-2011 year. They completed the Rokeach Value Survey either online or in class and answered two demographics questions: their gender and division.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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 e-mail: thomasr@nipissingu.ca