Contents: Job Satisfaction of Teacher Educators: The Problem and its Significance, Review of Related Literature, Research Method and Procedure, Results and Discussions, Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations.
"Focus[es] on the ... perspective of the 'managed'. ... Throughout the book teachers' own comments illustrate the inticacies of morale, job satisfaction and motivation and enhance our understanding of how, through appropriate school management and leadership, headteachers may get the best out of their staff" --back cover.
Teaching is a spiritual process; in which one's mind projects itself into another depending on the personal force of the teacher. As the teacher is to guide the pupils by his example as well as by his percept, he must possess certain definite qualities. The best teachers are those who have certain natural qualifications for the job. The primary obligation of the teaching profession is to guide the children, youth and adults in pursuit of knowledge and skills, to prepare them to follow the way of democracy. Teachers who commit themselves to the profession and who have knowledge, devotion and sacrifice alone can build teaching profession. Satisfaction is an essential factor in any profession. Unless a man is satisfied with his job, it is very difficult for him to carry on his duties effectively and efficiently. A large number of factors like the employee's temperament, health, age, social status, activities, political or social organizations determine his satisfaction with the job. This influences to a great extent the quality and quantity of the output. Man in any working situation is able to apply himself whole-heartedly to his work when he has job satisfaction.
The International Handbook of Teacher Quality and Policy is a comprehensive resource that examines how teacher quality is conceptualized, negotiated, and contested, and teacher policies are developed and implemented by global, national, and local policy actors. Edited by two of the leading comparative authorities in the field, it draws on the research and contributions of scholars from across the globe to explore five central questions: How has teacher quality been conceptualized from various disciplinary and theoretical perspectives? How are global and transnational policy actors and networks influencing teacher policies and practices? What are the perspectives and experiences of teachers in local policy contexts? What do comparative research studies tell us about teachers and how their work and policy contexts influence their teaching? How have various countries implemented policies aimed at improving teacher quality and how have these policies influenced teachers and students? The international contributors represent a wide variety of scholars who identify global dynamics influencing policy discourses on teacher quality, and examine national and local teaching and policy environments influencing teacher policy development and implementation in various countries. Divided into five sections, the book brings together the latest conceptual and empirical studies on teacher quality and teacher policies to inform future policy directions for recruiting, educating, and supporting the teaching profession.
This book seeks to support and maintain teacher wellbeing, particularly for language teachers, through a variety of approaches. While acknowledging the importance of contextual factors, the book serves as a practical guide for individual teachers, helping them discover strategies for nurturing and promoting their wellbeing.