Teachers’ Work Ethic: Croatian Students’ Perspective

Abstract

Abstract:Teachers' work ethic is one of the key factors in school environment and the overall educational process. It is vital for a teacher to possess and promote the highest standards of work ethic as well as to be a role model to the students. A high level of work ethic thus becomes conditio sine qua non of the teachers' profession and all other educational professions. The topic of teachers' work ethic is insufficiently researched in the national scientific and research circles, and as such, represents a novelty. This paper will present the results of a research that examined students' evaluations of teachers' work ethic. The research was conducted on a sample of 107 first and third grade secondary school students. The research results indicate that the students perceive the teaching process as mostly uninteresting and uncreative, that the feeling of comfort in working with teachers is very rare and that the teachers rarely or sometimes value students' efforts and rarely abide by the rules. The result that raises most concern is the one which indicates that the teachers insult students when they differ from the rest of the group. In due course, all the above will be analyzed in the context of the defined paper topic.Keywords: student evaluation of teachers' work ethics; indicators of teachers' work ethics. Resumen: La ética de trabajo de los docentes es uno de los factores clave en el entorno escolar y el proceso educativo en general. Es de vital importancia para un profesor poseer y promover los más altos estándares de ética de trabajo, para convertirse de este modo en un modelo a seguir por los estudiantes. Un alto nivel de ética de trabajo se convierte así en conditio sine qua non de la profesión de los docentes y del resto de profesiones educativas. El tema de la ética del trabajo de los profesores ha sido insuficientemente investigado en los círculos científicos y de investigación nacionales, y, como tal, representa una novedad. En este documento se presentan los resultados de una investigación a través de la cual se examinaron las evaluaciones realizados por los estudiantes en relación a a la ética de trabajo de sus profesores. La investigación se realizó sobre una muestra de 107 estudiantes de los grados primero y tercero de secundaria. Los resultados de la investigación indican que la mayoría de los estudiantes perciben el proceso de enseñanza como poco interesante y poco creativo, que la sensación de confort en el trabajo con los profesores es muy rara y que los profesores valoran escasamente o en contadas ocasiones los esfuerzos de los estudiantes y rara vez se respetan las normas. El resultado que plantea mayor preocupación es el que indica que los profesores insultan a los estudiantes cuando difieren del resto del grupo. Todo lo anterior se analizará en el contexto del tema que es objeto de estudio en este trabajo.Palabras clave: evaluación de los estudiantes sobre la ética de trabajo de los docentes; indicadores de la ética de trabajo de los docentes.Recibido /

Development of the Korean teachers’ occupational work ethic scale: its factor structure, validity and reliability

“…Teachers' occupational work ethic should be viewed through a culturally appropriate lens (Turk and Vignjević 2016). In South Korea, recognition of the impact of a teacher's behaviors on each student and the quality of the overall nation's education began over sixty years ago.…”

“…Only one study was identified through the literature review. Turk and Vignjević (2016) identified teachers' work ethic attributes perceived by Croatian students (Turk and Vignjević 2016, see Table 5). This study intensively reviewed the relevant literature, but did not validate items they developed and used as an instrument.…”

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Human resource management in improving students’ academic achievement mediated by teacher’s performance

“…This will open views and attitudes to people to highly evaluate hard and serious work so that it can erode the work attitude that is not serious. According to Turk and Vignjević (2016), the mechanisms and methods for the improvement of work ethic can and must be clearly meant and recognized. Apart from uttering work ethics guidelines in the documents mentioned above, promoting work ethics in each teaching situation is important.…”

The Impact of Work Discipline and Work Ethic on the Teacher Performance of Sultan Agung Pematangsiantar Private Middle School Teachers T.A. 2018/2019

“…The work ethic of Sultan Agung Pematangsiantar Middle School teachers can be seen from the dimensions of teacher training, grace, teacher training, teaching is calling, teacher training is actualization, teacher training is worship, teacher training is art, teacher training is honor and teacher training is service. The work ethic in the teaching profession is not just an added value for a student's education but part of a teacher's obligations based on the educational process (Turk and Bojana, 2016). The main objectives of this research study are to analyze: (1) the effect of the quality of work discipline on teacher performance; (2) the effect of the teacher's work ethic on teacher performance; (3) the effect of work discipline and work ethic on teacher performance simultaneously.…”