The purpose of this study was to investigate recognition and role expectation of nursing
college students who are attending a course of study for the teaching profession regarding
school health teacher.
To accomplish the purpose of this study, questionnaire method was adopted. The
questionnaire was composed of three section; motive of attending a course of study for the
teaching profession, recognition of teaching profession, role expectation of school health
teacher. The subjects of survey were 135students in 8 junior colleges.
Based on the discussion of this study, major findings and conclusions of this study were
as follows: firstly, the motive indicates occupational stability, teaching professional aptitude,
social esteem, self-realizability, and accidental motives. Secondly, for the recognition of
teaching profession, it concerns occupational view of professionalism, occupational view of
sacredness, and occupational view of labor. Lastly, the role expectation showed health
management, health education, operating health center, local community-related performance,
counseling, and management on school environment.
As analyzing the correlation among three main factors stated above, there was no
meaningful correlation between the motive and role expectation, or the recognition and role
expectation, but a meaningful positive correlation at a level of p<.01 between the motive
and recognition. To conclude, studies in depth should be performed constantly regarding the
difficulties of students who attend these training courses at issue, since the role expectation
of school health teacher is altering from social change and also from requirements of
education field and community.