The Role of Motivation and Job Satisfaction in the Use of Modern Teaching Models

Abstract

"The aim of this paper is to examine the role of some socio-economic characteristics, familiarity with the concept of advanced teaching models, job satisfaction and motivation to work with children in the use of modern teaching models. A total of 83 teachers of Technical Education participated in the research. An online questionnaire was created to collect data, which consisted of 4 scales (SES; Job Satisfaction, Motivation to work with children, and Familiarity with advanced teaching models). Most teachers are very satisfied with their work and are highly motivated to work with children. The results show that 84.21% of teachers are familiar with some advanced teaching models. Job satisfaction has a statistically significant influence on the use of modern teaching models (project teaching, problem teaching, flipped classroom, interactive teaching, team teaching). Familiarity with advanced teaching models positively contributes to the use of modern teaching models. We conclude that job satisfaction is a very important segment in all organizations. A satisfied employee will be more productive. Each school should examine employee satisfaction and provide training on modern teaching models, which is going to contribute to the quality of the educational process."