"Tal vez ser profesor no haría que mi mamá se sintiera orgullosa". Factores sociales que intervienen en la elección de la docencia en estudiantes universitarios ecuatorianos

This article is derived from a doctoral thesis and aims to explore how social factors play a rol in the choice of the teaching profession among Ecuadorian university students. To this end, a mixed sequential explanatory approach methodology was used. Initially, a survey was conducted to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of 362 first-year students in the initial teacher-training course for Basic Education at two public universities. Secondly, based on the results of the survey, 6 students were selected to address their teaching professional choice through an in-depth interview. The results show that teaching is a viable vocational choice for this group and that the presence of teachers in the family, school biography and previous experiences in education act as triggers for teacher choice in a context where, in some cases, there is social dissuasion.