Aging In Teaching: What Does It Bring?

Abstract

This descriptive-correlation study inquires on the influence of length of experience in teaching on the organization values and on the teaching-related emotions of 251 public school teachers in a rural district in Southern Luzon, Philippines. The respondents were conveniently selected (participants in a district-wide in-service training). Data gathering was done during an in-service training using two scales: a 30-item scale that measures their and their perception of their colleagues’ and superiors’ adherence to organizational values and a 75-item scale  that measures their teaching-related emotions. Spearman Rank Correlation was used to test the direction and magnitude of relationship between variables. Findings suggest the need to consider the affective aspects of the teachers in policy and program making as well as institution-based professional development program for teachers.