VIETNAM MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER’ PERCEPTION  OF HAPPINESS DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION  OF THE 2018 GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

Phạm Thị Hồng Thắm; Nguyễn Hồng Thuận

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.8533

VIETNAM MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER’ PERCEPTION OF HAPPINESS DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2018 GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

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Received: 13/08/23 Revised: 30/10/23 Published: 30/10/23

Authors

1. Pham Thi Hong Tham , The Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences
2. Nguyen Hong Thuan, The Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences

Abstract

Vietnam is in the process of reforming education to achieve the goal of maximizing learners' abilities. The 2018 General Education Program is an important change that greatly affects related subjects, in which teachers are the most affected. This article is the results of the survey conducted based on the scale “The feeling of happiness at work” with 18 items to measure the happiness of employees. The investigation scope is in 2 provinces respectively representing the North and the South regions of Vietnam, with the quantity of 356 secondary school teachers. The aim of this research is to clarify the current status of teachers’ perception of happiness during the implementation period of the 2018 General Education Program; hence, the research duration is calculated from the initial phase of implementing this program. The investigation results show that all 4 factors (Negative feelings about work; positive feelings about work, job satisfaction, positive feelings about self-worth at work) received relatively high ratings from teachers. Nevertheless, regarding the evaluations of some of the items, there are still problems that urge solutions to improve.

Keywords

Middle school teachers; Reality of happiness; 2018 General Education Program; Vietnamese; Happy

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