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Table 1 Basic information about the participants

From: Exploration of the variety of teachers’ VNOS in China: Is the “step-over development” approach effective?

Variables

Demographics

n

Percentage

Gender

Male

701

35.4%

Female

1282

64.6%

Age

< 20

35

1.7%

21–30

498

24.8%

31–40

832

41.5%

41–50

528

26.3%

> 50

112

5.6%

Training time

≤ 400 h

243

20.9%

> 400 h

920

79.1%

Degree or certificate

High school

79

4.0%

Junior college

642

32.2%

Bachelor’s degree

1229

61.7%

Master’s degree

41

2.1%

Titlea

Senior teacher in middle school

91

4.8%

Senior teacher in primary school

1041

55.0%

First-grade teacher in primary school

677

35.7%

Second-grade teacher in primary school

85

4.5%

Specialization of education

Arts and Humanities

553

28.0%

Social Sciences

736

37.2%

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Engineering

425

21.5%

Others

262

13.3%

  1. aThe top rank is “senior teacher in middle school”, although the teachers work in primary schools. The ranks from “senior teacher in middle school” to “second-grade teacher in primary school” appear in decreasing order