Teachers' perceptions and attitudes towards professional activity

The analysis of the teachers' professional performance cannot ignore their perceptions, attitudes and job satisfactions. The present study has the following objectives: 1. to examine the relation between teachers' perceptions of their profession, job satisfaction and mentality towards work; 2. to investigate whether are differences in the job satisfaction and mentality towards work depending on the level of teachers' perception of their work. The results confirmed that the overall job satisfaction is positive correlated with different teachers' perceptions of their professional activity and are differences in the levels of job satisfaction depending on the perceptions of teaching profession (work). Also, the differences in teachers' mentality towards work (general and specific factors) depend on the perceptions of teaching profession. The implications of the findings have been discussed (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Ayse Cakir Ilhan