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The Relation between School Climate and Chinese Preschool Teachers' Occupational Commitment: The Mediation Role of Job Satisfaction
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Junjun Fang; Bi Ying Hu; Yuanfang Guo; Yuanhua Li; Yuewen Chen; Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The present study explored the relation among Chinese preschool climate, teachers' job satisfaction, and their occupational commitment. This study followed 137 preschool teachers for six months in a longitudinal design. The findings indicated that after controlling teachers' demographic information, the teacher-perceived preschool climate was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Job Satisfaction, Work Environment
Professional Development of Preschool Teacher Assistants in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts
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Nurit Kaplan Toren; Mila Schwartz – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2025
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a professional development (PD) program on preschool teacher assistants' (TAs) attitudes toward multilingualism and self-efficacy in working with linguistically and culturally diverse children (LCDC) and their parents. The study was conducted in a northern peripheral city in Israel that reflects…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Faculty Development, Teacher Aides, Preschool Education
Preschool Student-Teacher Relationships and Teaching Stress
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Gagnon, Sandra Glover; Huelsman, Timothy J.; Kidder-Ashley, Pamela; Lewis, Ashley – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2019
Teacher stress has a well-established research base, with similar sources of occupational stress reported by teachers at all grade levels. This study examined a proximal source of stress--the student--teacher relationship--as a predictor of stress in preschool teachers. This study is unique in its focus on "teaching" stress, which occurs…
Descriptors: Teaching Conditions, Stress Variables, Anxiety, Preschool Children
Recovery Experiences Moderate the Impact of Work Stressors on Well-Being: A Two-Wave Study of Preschool Teachers
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Gu, Yuanbo; Wang, Ruimei; You, Xuqun – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2020
Working in early childhood education exposes preschool teachers to a wide variety of work stressors that deplete energy and necessitate recovery. Based on the effort-recovery model and conservation of resources theory, this two-wave study examined the effects of recovery experiences (i.e., psychological detachment and relaxation) on the…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Work Environment, Stress Variables, Stress Management
Early Childhood Educators' Perceptions of Their Emotional State, Relationships with Parents, Challenges, and Opportunities during the Early Stage of the Pandemic
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Bigras, Nathalie; Lemay, Lise; Lehrer, Joanne; Charron, Annie; Duval, Stéphanie; Robert-Mazaye, Christelle; Laurin, et Isabelle – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2021
This article presents a study about the impact of COVID-19 on childcare center educators in Quebec (Canada). Regulated childcare services were closed due to the pandemic between March 16 and May 31, 2020, in areas considered "hot" (highly affected by the pandemic). During this time, some centers were transformed into "emergency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Child Care Centers
A Comparative Study of Male and Female Early Childhood Teachers' Job Satisfaction in Turkey
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Sahin, Fatma Tezel; Sak, Ramazan – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2016
The aim of the present study is to provide a comparative analysis of job satisfaction among male and female teachers in early childhood education. A total of 163 teachers participated in the study, which utilized Tahta's (An analysis of job satisfaction of preschool teachers, Hacettepe University, Ankara, 1995) Job Satisfaction Survey and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, Gender Differences
Job Satisfaction among Jordan's Kindergarten Teachers: Effects of Workplace Conditions and Demographic Characteristics
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Abu Taleb, Tagreed Fathi – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2013
The main objective of this study was to examine the job satisfaction levels of Jordanian kindergarten teachers in relation to work-related dimensions and socio-demographic variables. The sample consisted of 264 randomly selected teachers working in private kindergartens in Amman. To meet the study's objectives, a two part questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Physical Environment, Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction