| Summary: | 碩士 === 中原大學 === 教育研究所 === 95 === The purpose of this study is to explore the current situation of elementary school teachers’ happiness and teaching efficacy and more importantly - the relation between them.
The methodology of this research was mainly a questionnaire survey. The two questionnaires employed here were “Teacher’s happiness questionnaire” and “Teacher efficacy questionnaire”. Eventually, 1057 valid samples were produced to each questionnaire by the targeted teachers from public elementary schools in Taoyuan County, Taiwan. As for the discussion, the first focus is on the current situation upon teachers’ happiness and teaching efficacy. Next, the researcher further investigates how teachers’ happiness and teaching efficacy differ in terms of their background, such as ages or sexes. The relation between these two main elements will then be studied closely.
The research draws the following conclusions:
1. The elementary school teachers scored over average on happiness. The highest scores fell in “interpersonal harmonious” aspects; the lowest scores were in “state of health” aspects.
2. The elementary school teachers also marked high scores on teaching efficacy. “Teaching atmosphere” aspects got high scores, while “self belief” aspects went the other way.
3. The teachers who got the higher scores on happiness are those who are older, married, with higher level of education, or with longer years of teaching.
4. The teachers who got the higher scores on teaching efficacy are those who are older, married, with higher level of education, or teaching in large school.
5. There is a high positive correlation between teachers’ happiness and teaching efficacy.
6. Among those happiness aspects, “job achievement” effects teaching efficacy most, and the aspects that follow are “interpersonal harmonious”, “self-respect”, and “state of health”.
Finally, according to the findings above, suggestions are given to educational administrations, teachers and future research.
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