Factors that contribute to teachers' job satisfaction/dissatisfaction as perceived by teachers in Libode District: A case study of two schools
- Authors: Mvo, Nelisa Enid
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Teachers -- Job satisfaction
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , M Ed
- Identifier: vital:18442 , http://hdl.handle.net/11260/d1007266
- Description: The study investigates factors that contribute to job satisfaction/dissatisfaction in a case study of two Public Senior Secondary Schools as perceived by teachers of Libode District in the Eastern Cape. The point of departure of the study is the fact that the researcher has observed high rate of resignations and transfers of teachers. The study was conducted through a case study design. A total of thirty-five sample subjects from both schools were selected using purposive methods. The instruments used to collect the data were the questionnaires and interviews. The targeted population was teachers teaching in both schools at the area of the research site. Pilot study was done. Ethical issues were taken into consideration. The data collected was, analyzed and interpreted within a specified time frame. The findings were based on the data collected; thereafter the conclusions and recommendations were drawn based on the findings of both the quantitative and qualitative methods. The main findings of the study indicated clearly that poor working conditions, low salaries and ill discipline of learners contribute to job dissatisfaction. Findings were discussed in the context of the main and sub research questions and recommendations were made. The study will help the Department of Education to identify teachers' concern regarding job satisfaction/dissatisfaction.
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- Date Issued: 2013
A living theory to facilitate the improvement of teacher morale
- Authors: Hendricks, Charlotte Augusta
- Date: 2009
- Subjects: Teacher morale -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Teachers -- Job stress , Teachers -- Workload -- South Africa , Teachers -- Job satisfaction , Teachers -- Self-rating of -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Province , Teachers -- Attitudes
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: vital:9569 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1016152
- Description: This dissertation is a narrative account of a self-study undertaken with the primary aim of positively influencing the morale of colleagues in my school department. It addresses an area of personal and professional concern where my values were being denied in my practice. As a Head of Department, I was worried that the low morale of my colleagues would negatively impact on the quality of teaching and learning at school, and on their own mental health. Situated within self-efficacy theory, my study reflects the values I attach to human dignity, respect, fairness, honesty perseverance and caring. These values were applied as the living standard by which I judged the quality of my leadership practice. I describe how I used an Action Research methodology as a living transformational process to reflect on my own leadership in terms of how I could influence the development of positive morale in the department. My findings offer new conceptualisations about how teachers can take action to improve the emotional climate of the school. I am claiming that the significance of my research is grounded in my ability to facilitate an improvement in the low morale of myself and my colleagues in order for us to ultimately contribute to self and school improvement.
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- Date Issued: 2009
A teacher's perception of his professional role : a developmental study
- Authors: Morwood, G E
- Date: 1982
- Subjects: Teachers -- Job satisfaction
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MEd
- Identifier: vital:1341 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001407
- Description: This then was the object of this study, to determine 1) whether there is a pattern of attitude change common to teachers; II) whether early experience brings about different patterns of change among teachers; lll) whether specific life crises and events bring about these changes; lV) whether changes in attitudes occur at different stages in the teacher's career (Introduction, p. 12)
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- Date Issued: 1982