Razões de (in) satisfação dos professores de História e Geografia face à atividade docente

Abstract

This dissertation presents us a study focused on the factors of (Dis)Satisfaction of History and Geography teachers. The work presented now has the purpose of searching for reasons and sources of (Dis)Satisfaction, through surveys made to History and Geography teachers. We feel that in our schools there are satisfied teachers with their career and unsatisfied ones. We wanted to know the reasons of that state of mind. In a more theoretical way that will approach the issues connected with work satisfaction, we will show the different models and theories related with professional gratification. The problematic definition comes to our attention from a personal and clear point of view, oriented to a quite current motive with which History and Geography teachers have to cope on a daily basis: the factors and variables that influence the identity of professional (Dis)Satisfaction. The planned study wants to achieve the following results: a) To analyse the degree of satisfaction of History and Geography teachers concerning their career; b) To identify the variation of the degree of satisfaction of teachers according to gender, professional position, several levels of service time and distance home-school. The main purpose of this study is the analysis of teacher identity, factors of teacher (Dis)Satisfaction and the reaction of teachers towards the alteration of Teacher’s Career Statute. The present study aims to contribute to the discovery of the (Dis)Satisfaction of teachers in the school of today, making a collection of teachers’ opinions.

Date of Award	2013
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	OSCAR CONCEIÇÃO DE SOUSA (Supervisor)