TITLE:
Job Satisfaction of Secondary Education Science Teachers in the Prefecture of Attica
AUTHORS:
George Leontakianakos, Christian Vrachas
KEYWORDS:
Job Satisfaction, Teachers, Natural Sciences, Student Performance, Teaching Methods, Greece
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.16 No.7,
July
31,
2025
ABSTRACT: Purpose of this work was to have an introductive look on the degree of professional satisfaction of secondary science teachers in the prefecture of Attica for the school year, 2022 - 2023, in relation to specific parameters (leadership, relationships with colleagues, salaries, workload, leadership, performance of students). There’s a lack of Greek research focusing on the job satisfaction of science teachers active in secondary education. For this purpose, a quantitative, cross-sectional pilot study was conducted, using a constructed for measuring job satisfaction questionnaires. 88 teachers participated in the research, with the majority being Physicists who taught in the prefecture of Attica during the period of 2022 - 2023, aged 41-60 and with more than 10 years of work experience. The results showed that secondary school science teachers of Attica seemed professionally satisfied mainly with the nature of the profession, leadership and the relationships with colleagues. However, there are dissatisfied with the low wages, students’ achievement in science courses and the overall workload.