If You Give Teachers What They Do Need

This book indicates the factors that affect
kindergarten teachers' job satisfaction and
dissatisfaction. Continuing education needs also
play the important role that might increase the
teachers job satisfaction. Teachers should be
encouraged to participate in continuing education
programs, a rapidly developmenting field, in order
to improve their professional abilities, practices
and increase their job satisfaction. A more
efficient kindergarten setting should focus on
increasing teachers' job satisfaction and reduce
their job dissatisfaction. In this book,
kindergarten teachers are satisfied with the
factors: increased responsibility, personal growth
and professional development, domination of teaching
materials and methods, achievement in teaching,
recognition of accomplishment, and interpersonal
relationship. Teachers' perceptions of job
satisfaction and dissatisfaction differ based on
whether they attend or do not attend continuing
education programs. Teachers who attend continuing
education for more than three years have greater job
satisfaction than teachers who attend for fewer
years.

Autorentext

She has been professor in the Center of Language Education at Chang Jung Christian University of Taiwan. She received her Ed.D. degree (2001) in Adult and Higher Education from University of South Dakota in USA. Her areas of specialization include Adult and Continuing Education and TCSOL(Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Language).

Klappentext

This book indicates the factors that affect kindergarten teachers' job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Continuing education needs also play the important role that might increase the teachers' job satisfaction. Teachers should be encouraged to participate in continuing education programs, a rapidly developmenting field, in order to improve their professional abilities, practices and increase their job satisfaction. A more efficient kindergarten setting should focus on increasing teachers' job satisfaction and reduce their job dissatisfaction. In this book, kindergarten teachers are satisfied with the factors: increased responsibility, personal growth and professional development, domination of teaching materials and methods, achievement in teaching, recognition of accomplishment, and interpersonal relationship. Teachers' perceptions of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction differ based on whether they attend or do not attend continuing education programs. Teachers who attend continuing education for more than three years have greater job satisfaction than teachers who attend for fewer years.