To Teach or not to Teach: The Politics of Becoming a Business Education Teacher.

Abstract

This article examined the perceptions and attitudes of Business Education trainee teachers towards teaching as an employment option in life. The findings revealed that business graduates were reluctant to take up teaching as a career mostly because it was not viewed as a financially rewarding profession. Students had expectations of landing higher status and highly paying jobs in commerce, industry and the public sectors. They
felt that the knowledge and skills they acquired in undergraduate business courses would not be fully utilised in teaching. To attract graduates to teaching, competitive salaries and conditions of service would need to be put in place and there is need by educators to market teaching and elevate its status as a career option when outlining career opportunities to business students.