Commitment and Preparedness of the Preservice Teachers in Hungary and in Slovakia
Commitment and Preparedness of the Preservice Teachers in Hungary and in Slovakia

Summary/Abstract: Related to commitment and preparedness of teachers we can see similar questions and problems all around in Europe. It seems that women’s high rate among the students in teacher training, academic achievement, which we can measure by grades or other indicators, and the commitment to the teaching profession are strongly connected to the image of teachers, the status of the teaching profession, and the expectations to the future to be teachers. So the first part of the study overviews how gender of students affects academic achievement and career choices. The second part of the study examines the database created in 2015 – supported by International Visegrad Fund – which includes the data of pre-service teachers studying at the Catholic University in Ruzomberok and at the University of Debrecen. My results show that that the image of the teaching profession is different in the two countries: we need further researches to tell what the exact differences are. The study also shows that the Hungarian students evaluate some dimensions of the teaching profession more positively. There are two important aspects: the prestige and the financial opportunities which are better in the opinion of the Slovak students, but these are not affecting their commitment at the first place. The male students in both countries are less attracted to teaching, and the reason cannot be only the relatively low pay, because there were no differences between genders in this item. Instead of it, there are several dimensions – including satisfaction with the teacher training and the vision of future professional development – together are the reasons that male students find other professions more attractive.

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