Preliminary communication
Tteachers and the society of knowledge: the level ofinformation and teachers’ satisfaction
Šime Pilić
; UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, Croatia
Doris Vrdoljak
; UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT, FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, Croatia
Abstract
Today, both in Europe and Croatia, the bibliography and offi cial documents inform us about the society of knowledge. Such society, besides the ‘producers’ of knowledge implies its ‘transmitters’as well. The social task of teachers is indeed the transfer of knowledge and culture from older to younger generations. This work briefl y analyzes the results of an empirical research, whose purpose was to determine whether teachers of primary schools were adequately informed with the purpose and the content of the “CNES” (Croatian National Educational Standard), and at which extent they were satisfi ed with their work and their salary. The poll was conducted in September and October of 2006, and included the sample of 780 teachers in mid Dalmatia. The degree of satisfaction was measured by the scale of fi ve degrees. It was established that, during the poll, 80 percent of teachers were satisfi ed with their work and barely 24, 5 percent with their payment. The differences in age, active life, gender and the area, in which the teachers live, were established, and this issue is discussed more thoroughly in this work.
Keywords
the society of knowledge; the level of information about "CNES"; teachers; satisfaction with payment; satisfaction with work
Hrčak ID:
82592
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2009.
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