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Relationship among Happiness, Teachers' Efficacy and Job Satisfaction of Early Childhood Special Education Teachers according to the Backgrounds

유아특수교사의 배경변인에 따른 행복감, 교사효능감, 직무만족도에 관한 연구

  • Received : 2016.08.30
  • Accepted : 2016.11.04
  • Published : 2017.02.28

Abstract

This study was conducted to analyze the level of happiness, teachers' efficacy and job satisfaction of early childhood special education teachers and determine the correlations between the variables. For the purpose, we conducted a questionnaire survey with 179 early childhood special education teachers working at the day care centers for the children with disabilities and the special school kindergartens in B city. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS 23.0. The results of this study showed that there was a statistically significant difference in the level of happiness, teachers' efficacy and job satisfaction of early childhood special education teachers according to their backgrounds such as age, teaching career, type of organization, educational background. Also, A positive correlation among happiness, teachers' efficacy and job satisfaction of early childhood special education teachers were found in this study. Finally, discussions of the results as well as implications of the study were provided.

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