Abstract

• The main purpose of the study was to investigate Career Adaptability and Professional Engagement and Career Aspirations of teacher educators in Teacher Education Institutions. The descriptive survey research method was applied and quantitative data analysis was executed in this study. The instruments used in this study were Career Adaptability Scale to examine teacher educators’ career adaptability and Professional Engagement and Career Aspirations Scale to examine teacher educators’ professional engagement and career aspirations. A total of 992 teacher educators (144 males and 848 females) from three Universities of Education and sixteen Education Degree Colleges participated in this study. Regarding teacher educators’ career adaptability, career control is the highest in the four subscales of career adaptability. The result of the independent samples t-test revealed that there was no gender difference in the career adaptability of teacher educators. ANOVA results indicated that there was a significant difference in the career adaptability of teacher educators by designation. Regarding teacher educators’ professional engagement and career aspirations, the professional effort subscale is the highest in the four subscales of professional engagement and career aspirations. The result of the independent samples t-test revealed that there was no gender difference in professional engagement and career aspirations of teacher educators. ANOVA results indicated that there was a significant difference in professional engagement and career aspirations of teacher educators by designation. Additionally, the results indicated that there was a positive correlation between career adaptability and professional engagement and career aspirations.