Comparing the job satisfaction of hourly paid and salaried preschool teachers in Turkey

This two-phase mixed-methods study compares the job satisfaction of Turkish preschool teachers who are paid hourly against the satisfaction of those on regular contracts. The participants in its first, quantitative phase were 260 preschool teachers, of whom 81 also participated in the second, qualitative phase. Initial data collection from all phase-one participants was via the Job Satisfaction Scale. Then, in phase two, the members of the hourly paid group were asked three open-ended questions, and the regular-contract teachers two of the same questions, related to the advantages and disadvantages of hourly paid teaching. The results indicated a significant difference in job satisfaction levels between the two types of teachers. None of the interactive effects between preschool teachers’ working status and their gender, age, marital status, and in-service training was statistically significant. In phase two, moreover, more than half of the 41 hourly paid teachers (n?=?22) emphasised that they worked as hourly for economic reasons, while more than a third (n?=?30) of the overall phase-two sample stated that there was no advantage of working as an hourly paid teacher. Working conditions for hourly paid teachers were described as disadvantageous by almost half the members of the phase-two sample (n?=?37).     

Combined Signal Detection Method in Differential Frequency Hopping System

Differential frequencyhopping(DFH) as a digital radiotechnology has satisfyingfeatures of multipathfading mitiga-tion,spectral re-use ,non-interferingspreadspectrumoper-ation,andinterferenceresistance[1].Sincetheintroductionof controllable redundancy into…     

Veteran teachers’ job satisfaction as a function of personal demands and resources in the relationships with their students

Many teachers experience their profession as stressful, which can have a negative impact on their job satisfaction, and may result in burnout, absenteeism, and leaving the profession. The relationship with students can have both positive and negative implications for the job satisfaction of teachers, both early and later in their careers. The current study focused on the relationship between veteran teachers’ job satisfaction and their aspirations in teacher-student relationships. Data were gathered among 12 Dutch veteran secondary school teachers, including interviews, the Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction, and the Questionnaire on Teachers’ Self-Efficacy. Veteran teachers’ job satisfaction appeared to be positively related to the extent to which their aspirations in teacher-student relationships had been realized. Teachers who had failed to realize their aspirations in teacher-student relationships showed relatively low job satisfaction, or avoided feelings of low job satisfaction by reducing the number of tasks that were directly related to teaching students. An implication for coaching veteran teachers is the need to pay more attention to the teacher-student relationship so that they can adhere to the way they would like to teach students.     

工作满意度与中学教师职业价值观的关系

通过对235名中学教师的调查研究,初步分析了当前中学教师工作满意度及其与职业价值观的关系,得出以下结论：一,多数中学教师的工作满意度趋于基本满意,但尚有部分教师对工作感到不满;二,高、低工作满意度的教师在其职业价值取向上有着显著的差异;三,除工作氛围因素外,工作满意度其余各因素与职业价值观各因素具有正、负相关关系。     

贵州省中学教师职业倦怠的现状研究

对464名贵州省中学教师的问卷调查发现:贵州省中学教师的职业倦怠整体上并不严重,但有相当比例的教师有比较明显的倦怠倾向;教师职业倦怠的发展随教龄的增加呈现出“两低中高”的发展趋势,教龄6-10年是职业倦怠最严重的阶段,在教师职业生涯的中期,教师的情感耗竭高于其个人成就感;性别、学历、职称、是否担任班主任、学校类型和地区分别对教师职业倦怠的一个或多个维度有显著影响。     

对预防建设工程招投标职务犯罪的思考

招标投标制是在市场经济条件下,进行大宗货物买卖,工程建设项目的发包与承包,服务项目的采购与提供所采用的一种交易方式.它涉及到项目建设、经营和管理的方方面面.思考研究招标投标职务犯罪根源及预防措施,对于深入开展反腐败斗争,营造规范、有序的招标投标环境,具有十分重要的意义.     

优化作业设计——让孩子把英语带回家

作业是提高学生知识与能力的有效手段，使学生在课堂上学到的英语知识能有效的延伸到家庭。但是由于受到各种条件的制约，很多学生在课堂外没有机会接触英语，英语学习在家校之间的衔接脱节．结果是学生无法有效地吸收和习得语言，作业完成质量不高，学生被动完成作业甚至对作业深恶痛绝的现象比较普遍．因此必须精心设计、合理布置每一次作业，以使学生运用英语的能力得到应有的提高。     

《电视教材编制过程与人员》情景教学设计与实践

《电视教材编制过程与人员》是教育技术专业专业课《电视教材编导与制作》第三章的内容,笔者利用教学内容自身特点,巧妙地设计了“模拟招聘会”的情景,让每个学生参与到了电视节目制作部门岗位应聘的活动中来,取得了非常好的教学效果。本文对这节情景教学课的设计思路和实践步骤做了详细的介绍。     

Competencies for young European higher education graduates: labor market mismatches and their payoffs

Labor market rewards based on competencies are analyzed using a sample of young European higher education (HE) graduates. Estimates of monetary rewards are obtained from conventional earnings regressions, while estimates total rewards are based on job satisfaction and derived through ordered probit regressions. Results for income show that jobs with higher participative and methodological competency requirements are better paid. The results also show that higher requirements in terms of competencies increase graduates’ job satisfaction.     

Teacher professionalism in educational reform: the experiences of Hong Kong and Shanghai

Beginning in the 1990s, the education departments of Hong Kong and Shanghai began to actively initiate reform with a focus on the quality of education. In reviewing the implementation of educational reform in these two societies, we found that Hong Kong teachers tended to only adopt those policies which they felt were beneficial for students' learning, whereas Shanghai teachers tended to conform more to the state's requirements. Teachers in Hong Kong strongly expressed their frustration over the intensification of their work, while teachers in Shanghai seldom expressed disagreement over the state initiatives. Concerning the meaning of teacher professionalism, teachers in Hong Kong were more able than their counterparts in Shanghai to develop their own interpretations. However, at the same time, teachers' work in Hong Kong was still being monitored by the emerging schooling market, while the work of Shanghai teachers was monitored by the state. Teachers' work in both societies can be interpreted as ‘confined professionalism’. In addition, in both of the two societies teachers' awareness of their professionalism was comparatively weak. Further empowerment in this area is needed.