ERIC Number: EJ1210630
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Publication Date: 2019-Jan
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The Impact of Teachers' Characteristics on Their Self-Efficacy and Job Satisfaction: A Perspective from Teachers Engaging Students with Disabilities
Shaukat, Sadia; Vishnumolakala, Venkat Rao; Al Bustami, Ghanem
Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, v19 n1 p68-76 Jan 2019
The study investigated the impact of Pakistani special education teachers' characteristics like gender, age, background qualification, teaching experience and professional qualification on their self-efficacy beliefs and job satisfaction. The study employed a quantitative research design comprising 94 female and 24 male teachers from five public schools located in the district of Lahore. The findings from self-efficacy and job satisfaction measures indicate that teachers' characteristics like gender, age, academic education and teaching experience had significant influence on self-efficacy beliefs and job satisfaction. Female teachers exhibited higher level of self-efficacy beliefs and job satisfaction to teach students with diverse needs as compared with their male counterparts. However, a significant correlation between self-efficacy and job satisfaction was not found. This study suggests professional training programs tailored to enhance male and female teachers' self-efficacy beliefs and job satisfaction while addressing the needs of children with disabilities.
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics, Self Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Teaching Experience, Beliefs, Gender Differences, Correlation
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pakistan
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