Job satisfaction levels of formative physical education teachers

Abstract

Teachers have a major role in the process of education. The fulfillment of the tasks and responsibilities put on the shoulders of the teacher depends on the satisfaction the teacher gets from his or her profession.

Determining the factors which are influential on the teachers’ job satisfaction, such as the profession and its characteristics, working conditions, social relationships, economic conditions, administration and inspection and social requirements, thus finding out the factors causing job dissatisfaction and helping teachers in working more efficiently and attaining job satisfaction are vitally important in terms of properly raising the future generations as well. The aim of the present study is to find out the job satisfaction levels of Formative Physical Education Teachers.

The universe of the research comprised the Formative Physical Education Teachers participating in the in-service training courses of the Turkish National Education Ministry which participants from 81 provinces of Turkey took part in. The courses were taught in the provinces of Çanakkale and Mersin. One hundred and ninety seven Formative Physical Education Teachers, 47 of which female and 150 male, participated in the study. Since the entire universe was able to be reached, no sampling was determined.

A 52-question survey was applied in order to determine the demographical characteristics and professional status information of the teachers. The data obtained was evaluated by means of SPSS 11.5 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) statistical package program, and t-test was used for the variables of “gender” and “the status of having taken in-service training”, while ANOVA was used for the other variables. Based on the findings, the factors affecting the job satisfaction were determined and the suggestions were offered.