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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Teaching Matters : Enjoyment and Job Satisfaction

subject

portrait of an average teacheremotionssuccessEFL teachersjob satisfactionenjoyment

description

Teaching occurs in a complex and dynamic environment that involves other people—learners, their families and school authorities as well as the subject matter to be taught. Expectations towards the effects of teaching are high, though opinions about teachers may be harmful. What is a contemporary teacher like, then? The aim of this article is to present a portrait of an average teacher on the basis of selected empirical evidence from TALIS 2013 survey (OECD, 2014). Also teachers’ emotions and their relations with job satisfaction and overall success are discussed. Finally, empirical evidence from a case study on job satisfaction, enjoyment and success of Polish teachers of English is discussed. Polish ELT teachers are both similar to and different from a typical (average) TALIS 2013 teacher. They are satisfied with their job and they experience positive emotions when their learners make progress, achieve goals and are motived to learn English. They feel they are successful but at the same time they realize that success is a complex phenomenon that has many sources and many manifestations.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-01-01
10.1007/978-3-319-31954-4_12https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31954-4_12