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Awareness of Health Education Environment, Teacher Efficacy, and Job Satisfaction of School Nurses in Korea (보건교사가 인식하는 보건교육환경과 교사효능감 및 직무만족도)

  • Yoo, Moon Sook;Seo, Eun Ji
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.42-55
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    • 2016
  • Purposes: The aim of this study was to examine the awareness of health education environment, teacher efficacy, and job satisfaction and to identify their relationship. Methods: A total of 193 school nurses from elementary/middle/high schools in Korea were enrolled in this descriptive study. The awareness of health education environment, teacher efficacy, and job satisfaction were measured using structured questionnaires. Results: The awareness on health education environment was $3.10{\pm}.56$ on average. School nurses with positive awareness on the environment showed significantly greater efficacy and job satisfaction than those with negative awareness, and school nurses at elementary schools had positive awareness on the environment compared with those in middle/high schools. Those with work experience of 11 years or more had a positive awareness on the environment. However, heavy workload, lots of work irrelevant to school nursing and few training opportunities on health education were recognized negative items. The awareness on the health education environment was positively correlated with teacher efficacy and job satisfaction, respectively. In particular, the awareness on health education environment influenced teacher efficacy and job satisfaction. Conclusion: Teacher efficacy and job satisfaction should be enhanced through continued improvement of the health education environment to promote the effect of health education.

A Study of Teacher Libarians' Efficacy (사서 교사의 효능감에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Bong-Suk;Song, Gi-Ho
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.50 no.2
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    • pp.149-168
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics of teacher librarians' efficacy and to propose some ways to enhance their efficacy. To do this, questionnaires on 30 teacher librarians who participated in the level 1 certification program of K university in 2018 were conducted. The results showed that their average efficacy was 3.38, the efficacy of teaching method was 3.60, the collective efficacy was 3.38, and the personal efficacy was 3.18. They had high personal efficacy on classroom management, the willingness to lead poor students and the possibility of problem student guidance, and collective efficacy on conflict management with fellow teachers and parents. On the other hand, personal efficacy in problem analysis and guidance for problem students, difficult contents and course instruction were low. Also, the collective efficacy of the conflict between the manager and the education office was low. They have a strong willingness to improve teaching methods for students and showed high efficacy about student synchronization and preparation for teaching. However, they were aware of the lack of learning skills and the lack of various teaching methods. The variables influencing their efficacy were graduation, education level, school size, and degree. Especially, the higher the education level, the more confident and enthusiastic about teaching problemmatic students and disadvantaged students. In addition, teacher librarians with high academic standards showed high confidence in conflict resolution with peers and parents and teaching methods. The improvement direction to enhance their efficacy in this study are increasing the ratio of teacher education in the field of education, reforming teacher librarians training before appointment, establishing supervision organizations for school libraries and improving their professionalism by going to graduate school.

The Sequential Mediation Effects of Efficacy Belief about Play and Professional Recognition between Kindergarten Teacher's Emotional Intelligence and Teacher-child Interaction (유치원교사의 정서지능과 교사: 유아 상호작용 간의 관계에서 놀이교수효능감과 교직전문성 인식의 순차적 매개효과)

  • Chung, Mi Ra;Kim, Sei Kyung;Kim, Min Jeong
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.137-157
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    • 2016
  • This study examines the effects of teacher's emotional intelligence on teacher-child interaction through the sequential mediation effects of efficacy belief about play and professional recognition. Participants were 268 teachers working at kindergartens in Gyeonggi area. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistic, Pearson's product-moment correlation, and the structural equation model using the SPSS 21.0 and Mplus 6.12 program. The main findings of this study are as follows: First, in regards to the relationship between emotional intelligence and teacher-child interaction, a single mediation effect of efficacy belief about play is significant. But there is no significant mediation effect of the professional recognition. Second, in regards to the pathway from emotional intelligence to teacher-child interaction, the professional recognition precedent mediation model is statistically significant, but efficacy belief about the play precedent mediation model is not significant. Based on the results, a concluding discussion was made regarding methods toward enhancing interaction between teacher and child.

The Effects of Individual and Environmental Characteristics of Secondary-school Teachers on Teacher Efficacy and Job Satisfaction (중등교사의 개인 특성과 환경 특성이 교사효능감과 직무만족도에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Seong Ju;Kang, Dae Yong;Kim, Kyung Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.171-180
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    • 2017
  • This study was executed to verify the effects of individual and environmental characteristics of secondary-school teachers on teacher efficacy and job satisfaction. To do so, a survey of teacher efficacy and job satisfaction was conducted to 696 man and woman teachers from 55 secondary schools in Gwangju and Jeonnam province, and then the results of the survey were analyzed. In this study, teacher efficacy was composed as four factors: sense of calling, teaching-learning, colleague relation and school organization. And job satisfaction was categorized as three factors: job relation, compensation system and working environment. The Multivariate analysis results showed a significant difference in teacher efficacy and job satisfaction according to teachers' individual characteristics and working environment. Conclusively, teacher efficacy and job satisfaction are complicated factors formed by teachers' individual and environmental characteristics. To improve secondary-school teachers' teacher efficacy and job satisfaction, it is necessary to develop training and education programs reflecting individual and environmental characteristics.

A Study on the Relationships between Job Satisfaction, Teacher Efficacy, and Job Stress of Early Childhood Teachers (유아교사의 직무만족도와 교사효능감 및 직무스트레스의 관계 연구)

  • Lee, Jung-Hyun;Ahn, Hyo-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Child Studies
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.129-141
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    • 2012
  • The aim of this study is to examine the influence of job stress and teacher efficacy on early childhood teachers' job satisfaction levels. Data from 321 early childhood teachers working in kindergarten and child-care centers located in Incheon metropolitan city were collected. The data was analyzed by means of the SPSS 18.0 package. The results of this study were as follow; first, job stress was negatively correlated with job satisfaction. Job satisfaction levels were positively correlated with teacher efficacy. Secondly, job stress had a negative influence on job satisfaction levels. Teacher efficacy had a positive influence on job satisfaction levels. Thirdly, job stress had a directly negative influence on job satisfaction levels. It was also revealed that teacher efficacy had an indirect effect on the relationship between job stress and job satisfaction levels.

A Study on Parenting Efficacy and Parenting as a Teacher of the Volunteer in the Kindergarten (유치원 학부모 자원봉사자의 양육효능감과 교사로서 역할수행에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Sae-Na
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.377-387
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    • 2008
  • The study is to research their parenting efficacy and parenting practices of a parent teacher as a volunteer(PTV) in the kindergarten. The subjects were mothers (N=127) in Choongbuk Province who had had volunteer education as a teacher assistant. The data were collected by their completing a questionnaire about Parenting efficacy and a Parent As A Teacher inventory (PAAT). The results include as follows: firstly, in PTV's parenting efficacy, 'the type of educational institution children are attending' is an important variable. Secondly, 'mother's educational background', 'father's educational background', and 'the type of educational institution children attending' are important variables in volunteer parents' parenting practices. Besides, 'mother's educational background' and 'participation motivation in volunteer activity' are important variables in parenting practices of 'control/permission' and of 'teaching/learning', and in general parenting practices. Finally, 'parenting efficacy', 'mother's educational background', and 'the sex of children' are important variables in volunteer teachers' parenting practices.

Development of a Teacher-Efficacy Scale for Health Education Teachers (보건교사의 교사효능감 척도 개발)

  • Yi, Chung-Ran;Kwon, Nak-Won
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.247-259
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: This study was conducted to develop a teacher-efficacy scale which is adequate for heath education teachers. Method: A preliminary questionnaire was made based on the hypothetical factors. A total of 364 health education teachers answered to the preliminary test, and the potential factors of teacher-efficacy were checked out by exploratory factor analysis (EFA). In the main test 378 health education teachers answered, the factor structure was drawn by EFA, and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to test and the fitness of the factor model. Results: Through the preliminary test, 5 potential factors were found, which were instruction, health-service, administrative task, interpersonal relationship, and community connection. Also, 48 items were reduced to 31 items. Through the main test, from the 34 items were extracted 4 factors with 24 items, And then teacher-efficacy scale was developed, which included the subscales of instruction efficacy, health-service efficacy, task-interpersonal efficacy, and community connection efficacy. Conclusion: Different from that for other subject teachers, the factor structure for health teachers had 4 factors with 24 items. The scale developed in this study is consistent with health teachers' work areas, and for this reason, has significance as a adequate and valid scale to measure teacher-efficacy of health education teachers.

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The Validation of Pre-service Teacher Efficacy Scale for Preschool Teachers (예비유아교사 교사효능감 척도(PS-TES) 타당화)

  • Lee, Chae Ho
    • Korean Journal of Child Education & Care
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.117-127
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    • 2019
  • Objective: The purpose of this study was a teacher efficacy scale for pre-service teacher and to examine the reliability and validity of the scale. Methods: Participants for this study were 428 pre-service teachers from G region. the data were analyzed using correlation, Cronbach's ${\alpha}$, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). Results: The pre-service teacher efficacy scale was consisted of 3 factors, 'efficacy for instructional strategies', 'efficacy for student engagement' and 'efficacy for classroom management' with 12 items. Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ was ranged from .72 to .82. The confirmatory factor analysis revealed that CMIN/DF = 1.59, RMSEA = .05, SRMR = .05, TLI = .96, CFI = .97. Conclusion/Implications: In conclusion, all these results show that the pre-service teacher efficacy scale is quite a reliability and validity.

The Effect of Childcare Teachers' Office Stress on Happiness and the Mediation Effect of Teacher Effectiveness (보육교사의 행정 업무 스트레스가 행복감에 미치는 영향에서 교사효능감의 매개효과)

  • Kim, Hye Youn
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.331-337
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    • 2020
  • study analyzed the relationship between ChildCare Teachers' Office Stress on Happiness with Teacher Effectiveness. A survey was conducted on 243 childcare teachers in J area. The collected data was analyzed using the JAMOVI program to analyze the mediated effects and technical statistics. Results found that office stress, teacher efficacy, and sense of happiness of childcare teachers were found to meet the normality assumption. Second, the analysis of the relationship between office stress, teacher efficacy, and happiness showed a statistically significant negative correlation between administrative stress and teacher efficacy and happiness and teacher efficacy showed a significant positive correlation. Higher office stress led to less teacher effectiveness and happiness, and higher happiness led to higher teacher effectiveness. Third, office stress is a significant predictor of happiness and teacher's efficacy. In conclusion, office stress should be considered important in terms of happiness and teacher effectiveness and the direction of improvement in the treatment of child care teachers was suggested.

The Recognition of Expertise According to the Infant Class's Teacher Sensitivity and Efficacy of Teaching Play (영아반 교사의 민감성과 놀이교수효능감에 따른 전문성 인식)

  • Jung, Hyejin;Park, Jaeok
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.193-205
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this research is to gather basic data to make nursery teachers' role clear and to suggest a way to improve their expertise by investigating their sensitivity and expertise. To fulfill this aim, this research was performed by targeting 180 nursery teachers responsible for infant classes in national, public, and private nursery schools. To measure the nursery teachers' sensitivity, Gerber's (2003) teacher sensitivity indicator is used. And to measure the efficacy of teaching play, the indicator, which was developed by E. Shin, Y. Yu and H. Park (2004), was used through modification and complement. Also for measuring the teacher's expertise, research data were collected by the generalized and modified questionnaire which was used in H. Yoon's (2010) research. The results of the analysis of collected data show that the teacher group with higher sensitivity in the infant class shows meaningfully higher professional ethics, higher performance, and higher recognition of expertise than the teacher group with lower sensitivity. And the teacher group with higher awareness of the efficacy of play shows higher professional ethics, higher performance, and higher recognition of expertise than the teacher group with lower sensitivity. too. Also, the results of the analysis of the correlation between the infant teacher's sensitivity, efficacy of teaching play, and recognition of expertise show that the teacher's sensitivity has a static correlation with the total points of social necessity, professional ethics, fairness, teacher's performance, and recognition of expertise. When we generalize the research results, we find that positive sensitivity and higher efficacy of teaching play make the infant class teacher's expertise recognition higher.