TY - JOUR
T1 - The antecedents of teacher satisfaction with professional development programs
AU - Nir, Adam E.
AU - Bogler, Ronit
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Literature has shown that on-the-job professional development programs are most beneficial when they are long-term, focused on students' learning, and linked to the curricula. We hypothesized that the higher the control teachers have over job professional development processes, and the greater the resemblance of these processes to the typical teaching culture in classrooms, the greater the teachers' satisfaction with job professional development processes. The findings of this study demonstrate that the main factors affecting teachers' satisfaction with the instructional programs are related to their desire to maintain instructional processes "close to home", and to shape these processes in accordance with their needs and expectations. The implications of the study are discussed with relation to decision-makers in the school setting and at the local authorities' level.
AB - Literature has shown that on-the-job professional development programs are most beneficial when they are long-term, focused on students' learning, and linked to the curricula. We hypothesized that the higher the control teachers have over job professional development processes, and the greater the resemblance of these processes to the typical teaching culture in classrooms, the greater the teachers' satisfaction with job professional development processes. The findings of this study demonstrate that the main factors affecting teachers' satisfaction with the instructional programs are related to their desire to maintain instructional processes "close to home", and to shape these processes in accordance with their needs and expectations. The implications of the study are discussed with relation to decision-makers in the school setting and at the local authorities' level.
KW - On-the-job training
KW - Professional development
KW - Survey research
KW - Teacher attitudes
KW - Teacher job satisfaction
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2007.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2007.03.002
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AN - SCOPUS:38949155307
SN - 0742-051X
VL - 24
SP - 377
EP - 386
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
IS - 2
ER -