High School STEM Teachers' Perceptions of the Work Environment

Autor/inn/en	Pedersen, Daphne E.; West, Robert R.
Titel	High School STEM Teachers' Perceptions of the Work Environment
Quelle	In: Education, 138 (2017) 1, (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1172
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Teachers; STEM Education; Teacher Attitudes; Work Environment; Work Attitudes; High School Students; Job Satisfaction; Gender Differences; Elementary Secondary Education; National Surveys; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Professional Recognition; Teacher Salaries; Career Choice; Faculty Development; Teacher Characteristics; Institutional Characteristics; Behavior Problems; Student Behavior; Science Teachers; Mathematics Teachers; Women Faculty; Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Lehrerverhalten; Arbeitsmilieu; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Mathematics; Mathematik; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte
Abstract	How do secondary STEM teachers perceive the environments in which they teach? To what degree is STEM teaching at the secondary level situated in a gendered workplace organization? Using data from the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey, we examined how men and women who were full-time secondary school teachers in STEM fields (N = 5,617) perceived the school environment, their overall job satisfaction, and intent to remain in teaching. Gender differences but also many similarities emerged. Women teachers viewed a number of student issues as serious problems. Women perceived greater cooperation among staff, but men perceived better communication with principals and recognition for a job well done. Though men had higher salaries, there were not significant gender differences in job satisfaction, and women teachers were more certain about their choice to become a teacher and planned to stay in their positions longer. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01