STRUCTURES OF JOB AND VOCATIONAL SATISFAC TION OF SPECIAL-EDUCATION TEACHERS

After a short discussion of the lack of empirical research regarding j ob and vocational satisfaction of special education teachers, the resu lts of the administration of a standardized questionnaire to 129 teach ers of learning disabled, language disabled and mentally retarded chil dren are described. The degrees of <<general vocational satisfaction>> , some specific aspects of satisfaction as well as tendencies of resig nation and <<changing-the-job>> are presented. Furthermore, the struct ures of job satisfaction, using multidimensional scaling techniques, a re analyzed. Attention is focused on the comparison between the kinds of schools and their structural differences.