Students’ Career Intention to Teach in Rural Areas by Region and Household Registration: A Study of Students at an Eastern Chinese Local Normal University

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This article is an interesting, but respected authors should pay attention to the following points:

1.      The number of keywords is too high.

2.      It is better to deal with the background of the problem in the introduction, and at the end of the introduction, finally, after explaining the problem, the purpose and questions of the research should be mentioned.

3.      How was the volume of the sample determined and using what method?

4.      Part 3.3 should be separated from part 3 and presented as a main title (4).

5.      It is better to first describe the characteristics of the studied sample in the results section.

6.      In the results section, research assumptions have been discussed, while neither in the introduction nor in the research method section, the research assumptions have been mentioned and only the research questions have been stated. If you are going to answer the research hypotheses, you must have stated these hypotheses before that.

7.      Page 6. Please rewrite as "The following test results were obtained (Table 2). " in all the paper body.

8.      Page 8. In discussion section, you need to compare your findings with the findings of other researchers.

9.      “5. Summary and Recommendations” section is too long.

The best,

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Reviewer 2 Report

It's a pleasure to review this paper addressing an essential issue. I propose some primary concerns and suggestions as follows.

1. It is expected to have stronger links with the theoretical background, and that is fully presented in the literature.

2. In "Literature Review and Research Ideas," the authors could provide their comments regarding the current status, research gaps, and the position and differentiated advantages of this study.

3. Readers would expect in-depth descriptions concerning concepts of spatial sociological theory, spatial interaction mechanisms, etc.

4. The Current standpoint of this study is primarily based on household registration and area of origin, which might be concerning too much on the iceberg of the whole phenomenon.

5. Other than the profiles of household registration and area of origin, some psychological factors deserve proper consideration. Nevertheless, the authors claim this way may present a one-sided research problem analysis. However, it doesn't seem the authors deal with them together.

6. The section "4. Discussion and Reflection" and" 5. Summary and recommendations" seem could be combined with some subtitles to manifest the authors' research findings and comments.

 

7. The authors could stress this study's theoretical and practical implications. 

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

I appreciate the authors; great efforts in revising their manuscripts, which shows significant improvements. Still, I propose suggestions for reference as follows.

 

1. From a research methodology viewpoint, it seems correlational studies are more appropriate than casual studies for considering the effects of household registration and region of origin on college students' willingness to teach in rural areas.

2. Please see the suggestions for the subtitles of section 5 below.

3. The authors' summary comments are strongly recommended after the sectional conclusions.

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5. Conclusions and suggestions

5.1. Correlation between college students' willingness to teach in rural areas with their household registration

5.1.1. College students' willingness to teach in rural areas relates to urban household registration negatively

5.1.2. College students' willingness to teach in their hometowns does not relate to their household registration

5.2. Correlation between college students' willingness to teach in rural areas with their region of origin

5.2.1 College students' willingness to teach in rural areas relates to their region of origin positively

 

5.2.2 College students' willingness to teach in the local village relates to eastern regions positively

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