Aggie Research Programs

Texas A&M University

Fall 2019 – Comparing the Effect of Collaboration on Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Between the U.S. and China: An Analysis of TALIS 2018

Affiliations:
Project Leader: Zhihong Xu
xuzhihong@tamu.edu
Teaching, Learning & Culture
Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Wen Luo, Ph.D.
Meeting Times:
 once a week
Team Size:
2 (Team Full)
Open Spots: 0
Special Opportunities:
submit the paper to AERA or some other influential conference; co-author the paper to some high-impact journals if contribution is appropriate
Team Needs:
In order to finish this study, the research team needs to:
  • Do literature review about professional collaboration and teacher cooperation, and their impact on teachers’ job satisfaction
  • Clean the relevant data and organize the data from 2018 TALIS
  • Write the literature part and help with the data analysis
  • Promise to work for the project at least three hours’ a week
Description:
Studies have shown that teachers who are more satisfied with their jobs are less likely to depart (Ladd, 2011), and culture of collaboration, through association with teachers’ job satisfaction, contributes to teacher retention. Professional collaboration and teacher cooperation are two basic elements that compose of collaboration at school. The current study aims to examine the impact of teacher collaboration on teachers’ job satisfaction in U.S. and China based on TALIS (The Teaching and Learning International Survey) 2018 data. The research questions are as follows: Are there any difference between U.S. and China in terms of the effect of collaboration on the job satisfaction? If so, what factors at the teacher and school level can explain the differences? In order to answer the above research questions, a hierarchical linear model (HLM) will be used to analyze the data from both school and teacher levels.