The value of education for students that are preparing for the teaching profession

The contribution focuses on the interpretation and reflection of two levels of the process preparing young people for the job market. We point out the schizophrenia to which the educational system has been exposed. On the one hand, educational institutions are under social pressure to prepare individuals to be flexible within the job market, and on the other hand such institutions legitimately defend themselves against actions which reject educated union members. The status of an educated person is no longer bound to social status; and this is also the result of continuously increasing commercial pressure on educational institutions. The pressures lead to perfunctorily acquired information without deeper understanding of the educational content. The objective of this article is to discover and cast light on the attitudes to education assumed by students preparing for the teaching profession. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.