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TOJNED - Volume 14 - Issue 3 - July 2024

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG STATE AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN LIBYA

Noura Alhmali Alqfar

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This study investigates the factors influencing job satisfaction among secondary school teachers in Libya, differentiating between state and private school contexts. Utilizing content analysis of teacher responses, distinct themes emerge, encompassing financial concerns, working conditions, colleague relationships, and the administration's role. State teachers emphasize challenges with low salaries and unsupportive environments, while private teachers highlight positive aspects such as travel opportunities and recognition. Skepticism about the administration's effectiveness is expressed by state teachers, contrasting with the importance of positive engagement for private teachers. The findings reveal nuanced differences in perceptions and point to areas requiring attention for enhancing overall teacher job satisfaction in Libya.

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CONFLICTS BETWEEN TEACHERS AT A LIBYAN SCHOOL: CAUSES AND ITS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES (QUALITATIVE STUDY)

Yousa Moftah Eldaik, Fatoş Silman

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the reasons behind conflict and the techniques that teaching staff members and managers use to resolve it. This study used the descriptive case study method and qualitative research. The research involved eight Libyan primary school teachers and mangers. Semi-interviews were used to collect the data, which was then analyzed by thematic analysis. The result reveals that task conflict is the most prominent type of conflict. After investigating the reasons behind the disputes between teachers and managers, the findings show misunderstanding, breaking the principles, work overload, individual differences, and poor communication are the primary causes of their disagreement. The finding also shows that the strategies that are used to handle these conflicts are dominating, avoidances, collaboration, effective communication, accommodation, and compromising. This study has crucial implications: while dominating and avoidance might be better not used or used wisely, collaboration, effective communication, accommodation, and compromising should be used widely for their effectiveness

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EXAMINING THE CHALLENGES WOMEN FACE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT SCHOOLS: INSIGHTS FROM A LIBYAN DISTRICT

Abdualmuhsin Aldabo

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This study aims to find challenges facing female Libyan leaders in leadership positions and how they overcome them. The qualitative research method was used to collect data from the participants. Twelve Libyan leaders from primary and secondary schools participated in this study. The data were collected through interviews, and content analysis methods were used. The findings show that Libyan women leaders face various challenges including sociocultural challenges and the need to balance family duties and work. However, by using different strategies they could overcome these challenges.

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EXPLORING THE MOTIVATIONS OF TUNISIAN PRE-SERVICE PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

Karim Karmi

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This study had two key objectives. First, it aimed at exploring the motivations of Tunisian pre-service primary school teachers. Second, it sought to examine the potential impact of gender on motivation. As a concept, motivation was operationally defined as the reasons that made students go into teaching. Quantitative data was collected by means of a Likert scale questionnaire. The participants were (n =226, 89 males and 137 females) doing a degree in educational sciences at a public Tunisian higher education institution. To address the first objective, I used descriptive statistics and ran a Principal Component Analysis (PCA). To address the second objective, I had recourse to an Independent Samples t Test. It was found that the prospect of a guaranteed job and lengthy holidays are the main incentives for Tunisian students to go into teaching. The study showed that females are attracted into the profession on the basis of intrinsic and altruistic motivations. However, most males are extrinsically motivated.

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INVESTIGATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND BUSINESS VALUES IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT

Azmiye YINAL, Gülşen ÖZKÖK, Ayhan DATLI

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The aim of this study is to reveal the relationship between educational administrators and organizational culture and how these values are reflected in the organizational culture. In this study, the work values that play a role in the formation of organizational culture were examined and the relationship between the work values of educational managers and organizational culture was investigated. The source of one of the most important problems of education management is that the values specific to this field have not yet gained system integrity. This study is important for organizations and education managers to emphasize the values that managers have in the formation of organizational culture and the spread of this culture to society and the business values included in the value system. Thus, this study will contribute to the formation of a value system specific to this field in educational management.
The population of research it consists of education administrators and teachers working within the borders of Nicosia, Famagusta, Kyrenia, İskele and Güzelyurt. The data of the study was obtained using two scales. The data was first collected with the data collection tool called "Values in Working Life Survey" developed by Yücel (2018). Each selected manager identified how important business values were to them in each of the survey items. Additionally, in this study, the second scale, "Corporate Culture Scale", which aims to reveal the types of organizational culture, was used by the author. Then, by examining the relationship between these two scales with correlation analysis, the role of business values in the formation of organizational culture types was examined.

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MANAGING MULTI-GRADE CLASSROOMS FOR FOSTERING SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS IN NIGERIA

Alakuasheotsala Amina, Uduak Sunday Isim

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The article Examined the issues in the multi-grade classroom management for fostering school effectiveness in Nigeria. Since multi-grade classroom is regarded as a classroom that accommodate more than one classes in a class during the teaching-learning process. The persistence of such situation therefore called for management concern in the interest of ensuring school effectiveness. It is therefore inevitable for the educational managers to make investigation into the situation in Nigeria. The paper therefore examined the concepts and strategies for managing multi-grade classroom, the indicators of school effectiveness required by effective multi-grade classroom management, the problems militating against multi-grade classroom management and the ways forward. It was however, concluded that the integration of multi-grade classrooms with the school situations need to be discouraged in Nigeria in the interest of fostering effectiveness in the school system.

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OPINIONS OF STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION ABOUT THE GUIDANCE COURSE

Dönay Nisa Kara, Tubanur Çelik İskifoğlu

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Guidance; it is the professional help process made by experts in order for the individual to understand himself, solve his problems, make realistic decisions, develop his capacity at his own level, make a balanced and healthy harmony with his environment and realize himself.
The aim of this study; to raise awareness about the guidance course taken by all departments of education faculties and to emphasize the importance of the guidance course they take for their professional lives. When the literature is examined, this study was carried out to contribute to the literature, since there are few studies on this subject. This study has been carried out in 2022-2023 Spring semester in a private university with 25 students of various departments of faculty of education. Students, who were voluntarily involved in this qualitative study, were directed some interview questions to get their perceptions on the value of guidance course. Semi structured interview procedure was utilized to gather data from the participants. Data were collected in participants’ natural settings and each session was organized according to their availability.
As a result of this study, participants who got the guidance course report that this course increased their motivations in a significant way as well as increased their awareness and influenced their education life positively. Participants’ perceptions revealed that the content of the course should be updated, and contemporary examples should take place in the renewed version of the course. Those students who received the guidance course believed that the experiences they gained throughout would help them become a good observer in their professional life and would help them become decent counsellors. One other crucial finding is that acknowledging and encouraging active participation of students were found to be important, and participants retained that denoting the course with real life samples is an inevitable part for enhancing the quality of the course.
In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted to evaluate the opinions and suggestions of university students taking the guidance course. Qualitative research method can be defined as a research method can be defined as a research method that involves collecting detailed data from research in any field. In the research, the data obtained from the semi-structured interview form were analyzed and interpreted using the ‘content analysis technique’.
To investigate the findings of the study, 25 students studying in Special Education Teaching, Pre-School Teaching, English Language Teaching and Classroom Teaching were asked questions about the guidance course they took. The findings obtained from the participants’ answers to the questions were interpreted using the content analysis technique using the qualitative research method.
Students' awareness of the importance of guidance services provided in schools is high. For this reason, it has been concluded that guidance courses given as common courses in education faculties of universities are important. This scientific study concluded that the professional role of counselors and psychological counselors in schools is important. This importance should be known and taken seriously by students studying at the Faculty of Education and becoming teachers. This perception should also be made by the guidance courses given.

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PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS METAPHOR REVIEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OPINIONS ON MUSIC COURSE

Beril ÖZAY

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The aim of the research was to examine the metaphor examples created by primary school students in line with their views on music lessons and to offer suggestions on this subject. The universe of the research; In the 2021-2022 academic year, 224 students of Değirmenlik Primary School located in the Nicosia district of the TRNC Ministry of Education, Primary Education Department. The sample is 215 students. In the first part, as a data collection tool in the research; The information form includes personal information, and in the second part, the metaphor technique, which is a qualitative study, is used, “Music lesson; It is like …… because; It was requested to complete the sentence Before applying the interview form, the students were helped to fully understand what the metaphor meant by explaining it with examples. The interview forms were evaluated by taking expert opinion. In the analysis of the data, metaphors were identified, metaphors were classified and categories were created and digitized. As a result of the findings, it was tried to determine to what extent the students were interested in music and what the emotional state that music aroused in them was. As a result, it was revealed that the music lesson aroused positive emotions in the students, and therefore they liked the music lesson. Therefore, the active role of the music teacher in the classroom, the effect of making students love the lesson has been revealed, the importance
of the materials to be used in the course content to motivate the students and the importance of teaching the gameoriented lesson with a student-centered approach has been seen. In this context, it is thought that the research will shed light on the literature in terms of improving the methods and suggestions to be applied to increase the efficiency in music lessons in line with the data obtained.

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UNDERSTANDING HOW TEACHERS MANAGE STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES AT THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Bahaa Arameen

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This study investigates the factors contributing to stress and the coping strategies employed by teachers at the School of Foreign Languages at Cyprus International University (CIU). Eight teachers from CIU’s School of Foreign Languages were interviewed. The data were obtained through qualitative research, and the thematic analysis method was used to analyze the teachers’ responses. The findings revealed that key stressors, such as complex student needs and backgrounds, were the most frequently mentioned issues. Other stressors included long working hours and limited time between classes. To manage stress, teachers used strategies such as organization and planning, social support from colleagues, creating strong relationships with students, and focusing on mindfulness and work-life balance. The study highlights the importance of enhancing teacher well-being in order to establish a positive learning environment.

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