A Fresh Look at Teacher Job Satisfaction.

Autor/inn/en	Clarke, Robert; Keating, W. Francis
Titel	A Fresh Look at Teacher Job Satisfaction.
Quelle	(1995), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Choice; Classroom Environment; Elementary Secondary Education; Employer Employee Relationship; Job Satisfaction; Public School Teachers; Questionnaires; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Conditions; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Fragebogen; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen
Abstract	A teacher job satisfaction instrument was developed from a brainstorming session in Pennsylvania with 81 teachers representing 5 school districts from urban, suburban, and rural schools. The resultant 10-question job satisfaction instrument was incorporated into a longer questionnaire that included school-related issues; it was given to 114 different teachers, and results were converted into a numerical score for each based on personal and employment characteristics. The study goal was not to generate a numerical comparison score, but rather to expose areas of concern for individuals and the work situation. Findings revealed that pay did not appear to be a satisfier or dissatisfier, that interaction with students was the most satisfying factor, and that the majority of subjects would approve of their children following in their profession. Lack of administrative support was chosen as the most dissatisfying factor (23 per cent), and teachers were not happy with the State-mandated innovations of Outcome Based Education (OBE) and inclusion. (NAV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC