Abstract
The text focuses on the motivation of students of faculties of education for the decision about the teaching profession. The goal is by using secondary data analysis to answer, which motives are consider as crucial by students and to reveal how these opinions are influenced by variables gender, age and interest in the profession.
According the conclusions of the analysis students consider as significant the internal adaptive motives (interest in work with children, desire to educate) and the external adaptive motives (young environment, freedom and creativity). The motive "sufficient free time" was evaluated as significant from the group of the external maladaptive motives.
The influence of analyzed variables was confirmed. Women, younger students and students interested in the profession often emphasize the internal adaptive motives.
On the contrary, men and students who do not want to teach in the future emphasize one of the external maladaptive motives.