Teacher Evaluation Systems and Teachers' Job Satisfaction: A Cross-National Comparison

• In Event: Hilton Roundtable Session 19
  In Roundtable Session: What Does It Take to Be Happy? Teacher Working Conditions and Teacher Satisfaction

Abstract

Globally, job satisfaction is a well-researched aspect of a teachers’ psyche. However, studies of teacher satisfaction and its antecedents are often limited to one country, and this makes understanding how underlying aspects of national context influence patterns of satisfaction as well as its relationship with educational policy and practice difficult. Research is clear about the strategies/approaches to teacher evaluation which build teachers’ intrinsic motivation and satisfaction. A lingering question is whether or not this relationship holds across countries and, more importantly, if there are aspects of national context which can help explain why. Findings from descriptive analyses of TALIS 2013 point to aspects of economic development as well as societal norms/values that explain variation in this relationship across countries.

Authors

• Timothy G. Ford, University of Oklahoma

• Angela Urick, The University of Oklahoma

• Alison Wilson, The University of Oklahoma