Becoming a well renowned musician is the aspiration of most
music students, but almost only 1% can make it come true. Others
will make another choice based on their values or life situation,
such as being a general music teacher which is a primary option
of most people. Consequently, the purposes of the study were: (1)
to understand the current situation of work values, career barriers
of
pre-service and non-pre-service teachers of music-related
department in Taipei and New Taipei cites in Taiwan; (2) to
explore the difference of work values, career barriers in different
identity; (3) to examine the prediction of work values and career
barriers on well-being.
After quota sampling, the effective copies were 445 which
were analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics
including: Independent Sample t-test and multiple stepwise
regression analysis. The results of the study were summed up as
follows: (1) The pre-service and non-pre-service teachers valued
"security and economy" and "social interaction" highly and both
groups ranked "hesitant action" and "weak will" as the greatest
career barriers. (2) The career barriers of non-pre-service
teachers was significantly higher than that of pre-service
teachers. (3) Work values and career barriers had a significant
effect on predicting well-being for all students, pre-service and
non-pre-service teachers in music-related department.
Furthermore, "lack of confidence" was the one with the greatest:
predictive power among all predicted variables. In addition,
"self-actualization" ranked second, mostly a prediction of
"psychological well-being' (4) The well-being of pre-service
and non-pre-service teachers was affected by different career
barriers.