The Relationship of Teacher Preparation to On-the-Job Satisfaction and Its Challenges

• In Event: 31.020 - From Preparation to Practice: An International Study of Teacher Preparation and Practice in Three Countries

Abstract

This paper explores the role of teacher knowledge as measured in the final year of their teacher preparation on job satisfaction, as well as
their approach to classroom instruction two years later. These relationships are studied in Taiwan, Germany and the United States.

Authors

• Ting Ying Wang, National Taiwan Normal University

• Richard T. Houang, Michigan State University

• Feng-Jui Hsieh, National Taiwan Normal University

• Sigrid Blömeke, University of Oslo