The purpose of this study was to examine what about thinking styles and job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers and what about the relationship between thinking styles and job satisfaction.
According to these objectives, the following research prob...
The purpose of this study was to examine what about thinking styles and job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers and what about the relationship between thinking styles and job satisfaction.
According to these objectives, the following research problems were established.
1. What about thinking styles in kindergarten teachers?
1-1. What about the whole tendency of thinking styles in kindergarten teachers?
1-2. What about thinking styles in kindergarten teachers by career?
1-3. What about thinking styles in kindergarten teachers by academic background?
2. What about job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers?
2-1. What about the whole tendency of job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers?
2-2. What about job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers by career?
2-3. What about job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers by academic background?
3. What about the relationship between thinking styles and job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers?
3-1. What about the whole relationship between thinking styles and job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers?
3-2. What about the relationship between thinking styles and job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers by career?
3-3. What about the relationship between thinking styles and job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers by academic background?
The research subjects were kindergarten teachers who participated in a Qualification Training and a Job Training by region, targeting total 761 persons in the final analysis. A research tool was used questionnaire that comprised 6 items for background factor, 65 items for thinking styles, and 24 items for job satisfaction.
The questionnaire items for thinking styles of kindergarten teachers were used the thinking-style questionnaire that Yun, Mi-seon(1997) translated 'thinking styles Questionnaire Short Version' by Sternberg and Wagner(1991). In terms of the questionnaire items for job satisfaction, a researcher adapted the contents of '敎師の職業生活自己分析尺度' by 河村茂雄(2003), in line with a situation of our country's kindergarten by receiving a help of an expert for preschool education, and then corrected and supplemented after passing through the preliminary survey process on the appropriateness in phrases and contents, and the clarity in the meaning delivery, targeting 42 kindergarten teachers and 2 experts in preschool education, not the subjects of this study.
The data processing was calculated Pearson correlation aiming to examine the correlation between thinking styles and job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers. And all in data processing were used SPSS/ for Windows 12.0 program.
The results, which were indicated in this study are as follows:
First, thinking styles in kindergarten teachers showed high tendency in order of monarchic, external, executive, and liberal. Thinking styles in kindergarten teachers by career was indicated to be statistically higher significantly in kindergarten teachers with career of more than 9 years than kindergarten teachers with career of less than 9 years, as for anarchic and internal thinking styles(p<.01). In all the thinking styles except the local thinking styles as for a thinking styles in kindergarten teachers, teachers with academic background of more than being in graduate school were indicated to be higher than kindergarten teachers with academic background of 2-3 year junior college and 4-year university. In the executive thinking styles, teachers with academic background of more than being in graduate school were higher than teachers with academic background of 2-3 year junior college graduate. And, in the monarchic thinking styles, teachers with academic background of 4-year university graduate were indicated to be higher than teachers with academic background of 2-3 year junior college graduate.
Second, job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers were indicated to be high in whole. By sub-field in job satisfaction, it was higher in order of a relation to preschool children and job-site environment, external assessment, job contents, and economic aspect. And, the lowest-shown economic aspect was indicated to be a little higher than the moderate. As for job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers by career, teachers with career of more than 9 years were indicated to be higher in the whole job satisfaction including all of four sub-fields for job satisfaction, compared to teachers with career of less than 9 years. Job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers by academic background were indicated to be also high in the academic career of more than being in graduate school.
Third, the whole relationship between thinking styles and job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers showed the positive correlation. A thinking styles is in order of external, liberal, monarchic, and anarchic thinking styles, thereby having been indicated to have high correlation with job satisfaction. In the correlation between thinking styles and job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers by career, teachers in more than 6 years - less than 9 years showed high correlation with job contents in all the thinking styles except the external thinking styles out of the scope and category. In the correlation between thinking styles and job satisfaction in kindergarten teachers by academic background, teachers with 2-3 junior college graduate showed high correlation with job satisfaction especially in the overall thinking styles and economic aspect.