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This study aimed to cross-sectionally examine the association of work-related stressors and coping strategies with work engagement levels in a sample of nursery-school teachers. Questionnaires ... regarding work-related stressors, coping strategies, and work engagement were administered to 270 teachers. The results of multiple regression analysis indicated that the levels of stressors regarding understanding children and compensation and the coping strategy of giving up were negatively associated with work engagement levels. Work engagement levels were significantly associated with the problem-solving coping strategy and stressors related to understanding children and differences between individual beliefs and school policies. Particularly, teachers adopting the problem-solving coping strategy to a greater extent exhibited a significant negative association between stressors regarding understanding children and work engagement levels. These findings suggested that the problem-solving coping strategy does not effectively enhance work engagement levels among teachers with greater work-related stressors regarding understanding children. Therefore, this strategy may not always be suitable for nursery-school teachers.【Research Impact】This study examines how nursery-school teachers should cope with work-related problems for work motivation. The results indicate that any coping strategies used by teachers with difficulty in understanding the behavior of children may be ineffective. Therefore, interventions should target the entire nursery school and individual teachers to increase work engagement. more

A guideline published in 2018 by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare stipulated confirmation of the vaccine history of nursery staff members. This study was conducted to elucidate nursery ... teachers' vaccine and infection histories for measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella through survey responses. After sending questionnaires through the mail to 5000 nursery teachers in November 2022, we received responses through December 2022. We measured the proportion of susceptibility in three ways. Additionally, we compared the proportions of susceptibility by disease by age class. After receiving 1620 responses in all, the data of 1229 respondents under 50 years old were analyzed. Under the broad definition by which “no answer” was also regarded as unvaccinated or uinfected as well as “unknown,” the proportions of susceptibility for measles, rubella, and varicella were higher: 22–23%. For mumps, the proportion was 42%. For varicella, they were 31% for respondents in their 30 s, and 14% for respondents in their 40 s. For mumps, the respective values were 58% and 26%. Respondents assessed for this study were less susceptible and unknown in comparison with earlier studies investigating health care workers, school teachers, university students, and pregnant women. The survey revealed that measles and rubella susceptibility was higher among respondents in their 30 s. However, it was higher for varicella and mumps among respondents in their 20 s. more

本研究は，保育者のワーク・エンゲイジメントと職務ストレッサーおよび特性的コーピング・スタイルとの関連について横断的に検討をおこなうことを目的とした。270名の保育者を対象に質問紙調査を実施した。保育者の経験年数などの属性を統制して重回帰分析をおこなった結果，子ども対応・理解のストレス，給与待遇のストレス，および，諦めコーピングがワーク・エンゲイジメントと負の関連があることが示された。また，問題解決コーピングと子ども対応・理解のストレス，および，問題解決コーピングと保育所方針とのズレによるストレスとの交互作用項がそれぞれ有意であった。特に，問題解決コーピング得点の低い人では，子ども理解ストレスとワーク・エンゲイジメントとの関連はみられなかったが，問題解決コーピング得点の高い人では，子ども理解ストレスとワーク・エンゲイジメントとの間に有意な負の関連がみられた。子ども理解ストレスという職務ストレッサーを強く認知している保育者の場合，問題解決コーピングを用いてもワーク・エンゲイジメントは高くならず，保育者にとって問題解決コーピングが必ずしも適応的なコーピング・スタイルとはいえない可能性が示唆された。【インパクト】保育者が仕事に対して熱意を持っていきいきと働くには保育現場の問題にどのように対処すればよいのか，調査によって分析した。その結果，子ども理解の困難さや給与待遇への不満を感じている保育者はワーク・エンゲイジメントが低かった。特に，保育者が子ども理解に困難を感じる場合，個人でどのような対処をしても役に立たなかったことが示唆された。保育者個人だけではなく，組織としての対応が望まれる。

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund In diesem Beitrag werden erste Ergebnisse einer explorativen Fragebogenerhebung vorgestellt, in der Erzieher/innen in der Schweiz zu ihren arbeitsbedingten Belastungen ... befragt wurden. Ziel der Studie war es zu ermitteln, welche beruflichen Faktoren Belastungssituationen bewirken und in welchem Ausmaß diese vorliegen. Methodik In dieser Untersuchung wurden 66 Fragebögen aus 13 verschiedenen Kindertagesstätten des Kantons Zürich deskriptiv ausgewertet. Zur Einschätzung des Burnout-Risiko wurde das Instrument „Burnout-Screening-Skalen“ (BOSS I–II) eingesetzt. Der Fragebogen bestand aus 60 geschlossenen Fragen. Neben dem standardisierten Selbstbeurteilungsverfahren (BOSS I–II) wurden offene Fragen zu dem beruflichen Alltag gestellt. Ergebnisse Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die befragten Erzieher/innen nur zu einem geringen Teil von Beschwerden in den Lebensbereichen Beruf, eigene Person, Familie und Freunde betroffen sind, und sie haben auch nur zu einem geringen Teil starke körperliche, geistige oder seelische Beschwerden. Als zentrale Belastungssituation konnte neben Personalmangel insbesondere das durch negativ erlebte Kommunikationsmuster bedingte Arbeitsklima identifiziert werden. Diskussion Auf dieser Grundlage werden abschließend Verbesserungsmaßnahmen der Zusammenarbeit im Team diskutiert. more

The core of the monograph is the topic of the quality of work of a preschool teacher, especially in connection with the qualification requirements for this profession. It seeks answers to the ... questions: What characterizes the profession of a preschool teacher today and what is its perspective? How to design initial education so that preschool teachers are truly specialists in changing education? When searching for answers to these questions, the author uses a review of previous empirical findings on this topic in comparison with foreign experience. It presents the results of research focused on self/reflection in connection with the pedagogical performance of preschool teachers in selected aspects. more

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Der Beruf der Erzieherin erfährt zunehmendes gesellschaftliches und politisches Interesse. In diesem Beitrag werden die Ergebnisse einer Pilotstudie vorgestellt, in der in ... Kindertagestätten tätige Erzieherinnen in der Schweiz zu Arbeitszufriedenheit und Ressourcen befragt wurden. Methodik Als Erhebungsinstrument kam der standardisierte Selbstbeurteilungsbogen (BOSS III) zum Einsatz, der Arbeitszufriedenheit und Ressourcen in den Lebensbereichen Beruf, eigene Person, Familie und Freunde erfasst. Der geschlossene Fragebogen wurde um offene Fragen zum beruflichen Alltag ergänzt. Ergebnisse Die Datenauswertung der Stichprobe ( n  = 66) zeigte, dass die befragten Erzieherinnen, die durchschnittlich 30 Jahre alt waren, über ein hohes Maß an Arbeitszufriedenheit verfügen und nur in einem geringen Ausmaß Beschwerden in den Lebensbereichen Beruf, eigene Person, Familie und Freunde erleben. Das höchste Maß an Unzufriedenheit wurde gegenüber der Kommunikation im Betrieb geäußert. Insbesondere Erziehende mit einer Betriebszugehörigkeit von weniger als 2 Jahren artikulierten einen Mangel an Rückmeldungen zu ihrer Arbeit. Darüber hinaus stehen den befragten Erzieherinnen genügend hohe Ressourcen zur Verfügung, um Arbeitssituationen bewältigen zu können. Als größte Ressourcen werden die Familie und Freunde erlebt. Auf der Grundlage der Forschungsbefunde werden abschließend Aspekte einer Feed-back-Kultur und einer Work-Life-Balance diskutiert. more

This book presents a selection of survey and evaluation instruments for recording relevant facets of institutional (written) language education. The seven methods focus on different aspects of ... language education as well as language and reading promotion in day-care centres and schools and address different target groups (educational professionals, teachers, children). The instruments, which were developed within the framework of the initiative "Bildung durch Sprache und Schrift" (BiSS), are primarily for research purposes, but can also be used in the training and further education of educational specialists and teachers. An online appendix provides the instruments as well as all necessary materials. In diesem Buch wird eine Auswahl von Erhebungs- und Auswertungsinstrumenten zur Erfassung relevanter Facetten institutioneller (schrift-)sprachlicher Bildung vorgestellt. Die sieben Verfahren fokussieren unterschiedliche Aspekte der Sprachbildung sowie Sprach- und Leseförderung in Kindertageseinrichtungen und Schulen und adressieren unterschiedliche Zielgruppen (pädagogische Fachkräfte, Lehrkräfte, Kinder). Die Instrumente, die im Rahmen der Initiative „Bildung durch Sprache und Schrift“ (BiSS) entwickelt wurden, sind primär für Forschungszwecke, aber auch in der Aus- und Weiterbildung von pädagogischen Fach- und Lehrkräften einsetzbar. Ein Online-Anhang stellt die Instrumente sowie alle notwendigen Materialien zur Verfügung. more

The paper presents a study that aimed to establish the nature of the link between the value orientation of future nursery and elementary school teachers and the motivation for their career choice. ... Two instruments were used - the Schwartz Portrait Values Questionnaire (PVQ-21) and the Career Choice Scale. The findings suggest that the motivation for the respondents' career choice and their value orientation are relatively homogeneous, but also that two groups of students can be distinguished according to dominant motivating factors, and that these two groups also differ in their value priorities. Non-parametric correlation showed that each type of motivation reflected different values - in individuals whose dominant motivation was intrinsic, the values of benevolence, self-direction and achievement were more pronounced, while stronger altruistic motivation correlated with more pronounced values of benevolence and universalism. On the other hand, extrinsic motivation correlated with the values of hedonism and power, which the initial theoretical model locates at the opposite end to the values corresponding to altruistic motivation. The research findings are important for understanding the reasons behind nursery and elementary school teachers' career choice and the goals they are guided by in their life and work, and are also important for the career guidance process. more

In French nursery schools, teachers take charge of the content organized into teaching areas. The prescribed teaching activity “Discovering the world of living things, objects and substances” refers ... to biology, physical sciences, chemistry and technology. The children's learning path concerning these worlds represents the early stages of the science and technology curriculum. Many research studied these children's learning. This research focuses on teachers and aims at describing and analyzing the teaching periods dedicated to this particular area of early childhood education. In a curriculum perspective, a research about the practices that consisted in reporting information both in teachers’ logs, reveals the contents, activities and issues associated with these educational experiences. There were two groups involved in this research, some teachers experienced in teaching in nursery school, and some beginners. The first result is the lack of significant difference between the two groups: practices, contents taught, ways to take charge of the science and technology education (STE) are the same. Professional development is not observed here. The second result shows that biology is privileged and preferred to technology by teachers. The research also indicates that the scientific and technological curriculum is interconnected to other teaching paths. STE is given more or less importance depending on the priorities of each teacher. 4 different ways to take charge of the STE curriculum can be suggested with data analysis. The research at last allows to discuss the professional training of preschool teachers in order to improve the teaching practices in science and technology. more