Motives for Becoming a Teacher and Future Physical Education Teacher's Professional Identity. Analysis in the University Master's Degrees of Seville, Granada and Jaen (Spain)

Teacher identity is determined both by the reasons that explain the interest in the profession and by the changes promoted in the attitudes and beliefs of the teacher candidate regarding teaching. The aim of this research was to analyze the interest in the teaching profession and the reasons that encourage the students of Master of Teaching in Secondary Education (specialty Physical Education) of the University of Granada, Sevilla and Jaen (Spain), to opt for the teaching profession, as well as determine their main ideas about the initial formation. For this purpose, a Questionnaire on interest in teaching and initial training (CIDFI) was applied (Pontes, Ariza, & Del Rey, 2010) in 217 students (154 men and 63 women, between 21 and 35 years old). The data revealed a predominant vocational tendency, especially in women, considering very important the knowledge of pedagogy, didactics and teaching programming, as well as the acquisition of skills to motivate the students to learn. In conclusion, as a proposal for improvement, it seems appropriate to include in the master activities that would make it possible to explain the previous ideas and motivations of future teachers, as well as these data should be taken into account in the design of the initial training, both general and specific, of future teachers of High school.