A study on Professional Development and Job Satisfaction of Preschool Teachers

• Main Authors: Yu-hsin Lin, 林雨欣
• Other Authors: Ping-chin Wang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/62320958381690827919

碩士 === 南華大學 === 幼兒教育學系碩士班 === 97 === 　　The purpose of this study is to investigate the current professional development and job satisfaction of preschool teachers；to examine the correlation between professional development and job satisfaction；and to analyze the influence of teachers’personal background and workspace background variables on difference professional development and job satisfaction.The questionnaire was delivered to 688 teachers in Learning Area of Integrative Activity,and 501 teachers returned the questionnaire and became this study’s sample.The effective rate of retrievals is 72.8%. This study has applied:Personal Background Inventory,Professional Development scale and Job Satisfaction scale as survey tools.The strategies of data analysis used in this study included descriptive statistics,t-test,one-way ANOVA,Scheffe Post-hoc Test,and Pearson’s product-moment correlation.The results of this study showed： （1）The preschool teachers’ professional development competence was good . （2）There were significantly differences in teachers’ professional development in terms of the teachers’ age, seniority, educational background of preschool teachers,educational level,qualifications,organization,and class. （3）The preschool teachers’ job satisfaction was medium . （4）There were significantly differences in teachers’ job satisfaction in terms of the teachers’ age,seniority,educational background of preschool,educational level, qualifications,organization,and class. （5）There was significantly positive correlation between professional development and job satisfaction.