Teaching Challenges: TIMSS 2015 as a Source of Information about Primary School Teachers’ Attitudes towards Their Work

Снежана И. Мирков, Институт за педагошка истраживања, Београд, имејл: smirkov@ipi.ac.rs
Наташа З. Лалић Вучетић, Институт за педагошка истраживања, Београд
Иновације у настави, XXXI, 2018/3, стр. 1–19

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doi: :10.5937/inovacije1803001M

 

Резиме: У овом раду смо желели да испитамо који се аспекти односа учитеља према раду издвајају и са којим елементима организације и реализације наставе су повезани. Анализирани су подаци добијени од учитеља у Србији (Н = 192) путем упитника за наставнике у истраживању ТИМСС 2015. Постављен је циљ да се испитају начини на које учитељи опажају различите аспекте наставног рада, задовољство учитеља послом и њихова процена сопственог самопоуздања. Примењени упитник садржи питања о задовољству професијом, опажању проблема у извођењу наставе, облицима сарадње међу учитељима, самопоуздању учитеља и примени различитих метода и облика рада у настави математике и природних наука. Добијени резултати показују да су учитељи изразили висок степен задовољства својом професијом. Као проблеме у извођењу наставе у највећој мери опажају административне обавезе и недостатак времена да помогну појединим ученицима. Примена метода и облика рада у настави повезана је са самопоуздањем учитеља у извођењу наставе математике и природних наука, као и са облицима сарадње између учитеља. У раду су изведене импликације које се односе на унапређивање наставног процеса.

Кључне речи: учитељи, настава математике, настава природних наука, однос према раду.

 

Summary: Our intention in this paper was to explore the most striking aspects of teachers’ attitudes towards their work and to determine their correlation with the specific elements of teaching
organisation and teaching process. We analysed the data obtained from teachers’ responses (N = 192) to the questionnaire which was a part of the TIMSS 2015 research. Our goal was to explore how primary school teachers perceive different aspects of teaching process, their satisfaction with their job, and their evaluation of their own level of self-confidence. The questionnaire consisted of questions related to teachers’ job satisfaction, their perception of the problems in the teaching process, forms of cooperation among teachers, their self-confidence, and the application of different methods and forms of classroom work in teaching mathematics and science. The obtained data indicate a high level of job satisfaction among primary school teachers. On the other hand, administrative duties and a lack of time to help some students were perceived by the majority of teachers as problems in the teaching process. The application of methods and forms of classroom work is closely related to teachers’ level of self-confidence in teaching mathematics and science, as well as to forms of cooperation among teachers. The paper offers suggestions for the improvement of the teaching process.

Кeywords: primary school teachers, teaching mathematics, teaching science, attitudes towards work.

 

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