교사 사기 구성요인 탐색 및 수준 차이 분석 연구

초록

Teacher morale is an significant factor influencing teachers’ job satisfaction and organizational effectiveness. Despite the importance, the effort to analyze the phenomena of teacher morale in a Korean setting in a more academic way has been relatively neglected. This study seeks to analyze major components of teacher morale through which at risk groups of teachers can be identified for more intimate policy intervention. On-line survey of 7,830 elementary and secondary school teachers reveals that teacher morale is composed of seven major factors such as effectiveness of principal leadership, satisfaction on the teaching job, financial reward, educational status, social status and recognition, peer teachers' cooperation and trust, and workloads and stress. The general level of teacher morale is not too low; however, the teacher morale associated with the factors which are external to education such as workload and stress, social status and recognition, and financial reward tends to be lower. It is also found that the level of teacher morale showed statistically significant differences based on both personal backgrounds and school characteristics. The morale of male teachers, teachers with higher education degree, non-homeroom teachers, and lay teachers is lower than their counterpart. Those teachers work at private schools, secondary schools, schools in midium cities also show lower morale. Based on the findings, policy recommendations to raise the morale of teachers at risk are suggested.

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