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- Title
School Climate, Teacher Self-Efficacy, and Professional Satisfaction: A Study of Relations.
- Authors
TEKİN, Oğuzhan
- Abstract
School climate, teacher self-efficacy, and professional satisfaction are important concepts that affect both teachers' professional development and quality of education. This study aimed to determine teachers' school climate perceptions, self-efficacy beliefs, and professional satisfaction levels, and to examine the relationship between these concepts. It was designed in a correlational survey model. The sample of the study consisted of 397 teachers working in kindergartens, primary, secondary, and high schools in a province center in the Central Black Sea region of Turkey, in the 2020-2021 academic year. A Personal Information Form, Comprehensive Assessment of the School Environment, Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale, and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire were used in the data collection procedure. In the data analysis, both descriptive and inferential statistics were performed. Results revealed that: teachers' school climate perceptions were at a medium level, and female teachers' school climate perceptions were found to be statistically higher than those of males'. It was intriguing that only teaching level was associated with school climate, teacher self-efficacy, and professional satisfaction, while teaching experience and academic degree were not associated. A medium, positive, and significant relationship was found to be between teachers' school climate perceptions, professional satisfaction, and teacher self-efficacy. 12% of the variance in teacher self-efficacy and 35% of the variance in professional satisfaction are explained by school climate. Results are discussed within the related literature, and recommendations are made for further research and for stakeholders of education.
- Subjects
TURKEY; SCHOOL environment; SELF-efficacy in teachers; TEACHER development; SATISFACTION; WOMEN teachers
- Publication
Bartin University Journal of Faculty of Education, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 2, p404
- ISSN
1308-7177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14686/buefad.1056718