The Occupational Motivation, Satisfaction and Health of English School Teachers
| Autor: | Steve Dinham, Catherine Scott, Susan Cox |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Medical education
Higher education business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Altruism Mental health Education Test (assessment) Personal development Educational leadership Pedagogy Developmental and Educational Psychology Job satisfaction business Psychology Pace media_common |
| Zdroj: | Educational Psychology. 19:287-308 |
| ISSN: | 1469-5820 0144-3410 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0144341990190304 |
| Popis: | This paper presents the results of a study of a sample of 609 English teachers and school executive (headteachers, deputies, etc.). The study sought to examine and benchmark teachers’ occupational motivation, satisfaction and health and to test a model of teacher satisfaction developed in Australia in a previous research phase. English teachers were found, in common with their Australian counterparts, to be motivated most strongly by altruism, affiliation and personal growth. They were also found, again like Australian teachers, to be most satisfied with ‘core business’ aspects of teaching‐‐facilitating student learning and achievement, developing as a professional and working with other staff; and the least satisfied with matters from systemic and societal levels‐‐the nature and pace of educational change, and the status and image of teaching. Between these two domains lay factors specific to particular schools: school leadership and communication, school resources and relationships with communi... |
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