Cognitive pedagogy served as the conceptual frame of our research (Coulter–Lester 2011). The empirical research was carried out via a validated questionnaire. 57 elements of the FIT-Choice Scale, along 18 factors examines motivation for choosing teaching as a career to a larger extent, but four factors (expert career, high demand, social status, and salary) presents the perception of teaching as a career. Respondents can express their level of agreement or disagreement in connection with certain aspects (reflecting certain factors) along a seven-point scale. The elaboration of the scale was originally based on Australian research pattern but later it was applied in several European countries, as well (Kabai 2009; Berger–D’Ascoli 2012; Vaskovics 2016). Psychometrical characteristics (reliability, validity) of the survey instrument were monitored regularly (Varga 2010). Reliability of certain questionnaire modules were between Cronbach’s α = 0.61 and 0.91. Scores under 0.8 have not been analysed in this present study, thus in our research we calculate with data of 8 subfactors. Data recording was carried out by filling a personal questionnaire. The research also contained a self-edited list of questions, based largely on demographic data. When forming the questions, our goal was to prevent stereotypes – we did not want the respondents to find out the aim of the questions easily. Reliability of certain questionnaire modules, regarding the 8 subscales, were between Cronbach’s α = 0.81 and 0.91. To the descriptive and statistical analysis of the questionnaires we applied SPSS Statistics 25.0. We calculated mean rating and standard deviation, results of our analysis (according to school year, gender and place of living) were compared with paired sample T-test.