الرضا الوظيفي لدى معلمي ومعلمات المرحلة الأساسية في المدارس الحكومية في إقليم جنوب الأردن

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ABSTRACT Basic Stage Male and Female Teachers Job Satisfaction in the State Schools in the Southern Region of Jordan. BY Salem Taiseer Salem Ash-Sharaydeh Supervisor Dr. Mohammed Al-Amein Mustafa Al-Khateeb The study aimed to identify the degree ofjob satisfaction conceming the school teather ( Male of Female) in govemment schools in the southem region of Jordan and to detennine the relationship of job satisfaction to gender , educational qualification , experience , social status , specialization , school type and location. The study sample consisted of (679) male and female teachers at basic stage in state schools in the southem region oflordan . They responded to the questionnaire of job satisfaction .They were selected with randomly simple method from 10% of the population |(677l)male and female teachers. - The questionnaire as an instrument was applied to measure the degree of job satisfaction .It consisted of two pans : the first part is general infonnation about a respondent and the second one is the items of the questionnaire ; besides , it was subdivided into ten fields and fifty- seven items. The researcher introduced a questionnaire dependent on educational literature and previous studies as well as his practical experiments as a teacher .He was ceitain of its validity which was tested by juries , and reliability obtained by the coefficient of intemal consistency Cronbach Alpha- where the rate of reliability was high(93%)The researcher conducted this study at the beginning of the first semester( 2002- 2003) To answer the questions of the study,the researcher calculated means , standard deviations , One — Way ANOVA, Multi-ANOVA , Tukey test to know the differences , and t-test. T ' The study concluded to the following findings and recommendations : \- The level ofjob satisfaction concerning the elemantary school teachers ( Malex Female)in the southem region of Jordan was high at the following fields:Relation with teachemtates , relation with pupils , school administration , supervision, social status , job security , and nature of job , whereas it was low at the following fields : Characteristics of school environment , teacher rank —order system and incentives , but in general , it was high . \'- The findings of study showed statistically significant differences , attributed to gender in the field of incentives in favour ofmales and ofthe scale as a whole ; and differences in favour of females in different fields; beside , no statistically significant defferences , attributed to gender in the fields of nature of job , school administration , relation with I63ChClTl"l8I6S , and relation with pupils . \“- There were statistically significant differences , which could be attributed to educational qualification in different fields of scale in favour of Community College Diploma holders but no differences , attributed to educational qualification in several fields .

- There were statistically significant differences , which could be attributed to experience in different fields of scale in favour oftheir experience more than \° years . °- There were statistically significant differences , which could be attributed to social status in different fields of scale in favour of the married , while no differences , attributed to social status in the field of incentives. 1- There were statistically significant differences , which could be attributed to specialization in many fields ,but none in other ones . - There were statistically significant differences , which could be attributed to teachers rank-order system in several fields and the scale as a whole in favour of their classification in rank of" teacher" , but no differences in other fields . - There were statistically significant differences , which could be attributed to monthly salary in different fields and the scale as a whole in favour of their monthly salary more than JD300 and no differences in the field ofincentives. - There were statistically significant differences , which could be attributed to the typesofclasses in both fields of school administration and relation with pupils as well as the scale as a whole in favour ofnonnal classes , whereas no differences , attributed to types ofclasses in other fields . \--There were statistically significant differences , which could be attributed to school type in several fields , while none in other ones . \\-There were statistically significant differences , which could be attributed to school location indifferent fields and the scale as a whole in favour of desert residents , whereas none in other fields . In the light of the above findings, the researcher recommended : \- To expand in teacher certification of Community College Diploma holders in order to reinforce their satisfaction about profession of education as well as to promote their educational perfonnance . \'- To improve and activate incentives presented to teacher such as opportunities of professional development , seconment , and reconsidering in Teacher Housing Fund. \'- To develop the system of teachers rank-order with this in mind of educational qualifications and experience . ' i- To study the interaction among the mentioned variables in this study and the effect of job satisfaction on male and female teachers in the southem region . °- To study the comparison of profession satisfaction on the teachers of southem , northem and middle regions .