Job Satisfaction of Secondary Social Studies Teachers in Connecticut Urban School Districts

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW41

Job Satisfaction of Professional School Social Studies Teachers (Continuation)41

Role Conflict50

Administrative Policies and Practices52

Professional Secondary School Social Studies Teachers55

Connecticut urban distracts Professional Elementary School Social Studies Teachers55

Summary55

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY57

Research Design57

Instrumentation57

Individual Information Form60

Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire61

Reliability61

Validity61

Data Collection62

Initial Mailing63

Follow-up63

Non-response63

Statistical Analysis63

Summary64

CHAPTER 4: RESULTS OF THE STUDY65

Demographic Data65

Age68

Gender68

Years of Experience75

Salary89

Overall Job Satisfaction90

Job Satisfaction among Secondary School Social Studies Teachers90

Levels of Overall Job Satisfaction97

Dimensions of Job Satisfaction99

Summary99

CHAPTER 5: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS100

Review of Research Questions100

Summary of the Results100

Discussion101

Overall Job Satisfaction101

Job Satisfaction and Demographic Variables102

Conclusions102

Recommendations for Social Studies Teachers105

Recommendations for Future Research107

Summary108

REFERENCES109

APPENDICES112

APPENDIX A113

APPENDIX B115

APPENDIX C124

APPENDIX D126

APPENDIX E128

APPENDIX F130

APPENDIX G132

APPENDIX H134

List of Tables

TABLE 1 (A): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR TOTAL NUMBER OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS AND THEIR RELATION TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES65

TABLE 1 (B): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION CALCULATED FOR MSQ66

TABLE 2(A): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR MALE TEACHERS AND THEIR RELATION TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES69

TABLE 2 (B): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION CALCULATED FOR MSQ FOR MALE TEACHERS70

TABLE 3(A): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR FEMALE TEACHERS AND THEIR RELATION TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES72

TABLE 3(B): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION CALCULATED FOR MSQ FOR FEMALE TEACHERS73

TABLE 4(A): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (1-5) AND THEIR RELATION TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES75

TABLE 4(B): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (1-5) IN RELATION TO MSQ76

TABLE 4(C): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (6-10) AND THEIR RELATION TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES79

TABLE 4(D): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (6-10) IN RELATION TO MSQ79

TABLE 4(E): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (11-15) AND THEIR RELATION TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES82

TABLE 4(F): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (11-15) IN RELATION TO MSQ83

TABLE 4(G): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (OVER 15 YEARS) AND THEIR RELATION TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES86

TABLE 4(H): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE (OVER 15 YEARS) IN RELATION TO MSQ86

TABLE 5(A): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR TEACHERS' MOTIVATION IN MEDIUM CLASS AND THEIR RELATION TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES91

TABLE 5(B): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR TEACHERS' MOTIVATION IN MEDIUM CLASS AND THEIR RELATION TO MSQ92

TABLE 5(C): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR TEACHERS' MOTIVATION IN LARGE CLASS AND THEIR RELATION TO DIFFERENT VARIABLES94

TABLE 5(D): MEAN AND STANDARD DEVIATION FOR TEACHERS' MOTIVATION IN LARGE CLASS AND THEIR RELATION TO MSQ95

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

Job Satisfaction of Professional School Social Studies Teachers (Continuation)

A careful reading of the more synthetic and more support devoted to the analysis of job satisfaction among Social Studies teachers in classrooms may be associated with variable-order "organizational". Putting forward these variables, researchers have found that the factor of "progress" (chances to progress within the urban schools) is, at present, one who creates the most dissatisfaction among teachers. Adopting this point of view and thus joining several other researchers, (Herzberg, 2008) considers that the saturation of the hierarchical structure of various high schools reduces the opportunities for advancement for social studies teachers.

The organization (high school in this case) is a cooperative system that requires a reliable way to know about the ...