[[alternative]]A study on the correlation between working stress and the sense of efficiency of the technical teachers in educational reforms in vocational high school.

[[abstract]]Abstract The purpose of this research is to study the correlation between working stress and the sense of efficiency for those technical teachers who work in the process of educational reforms in vocational high schools. To fulfill this purpose, some related literatures were collected and analyzed to serve as the basis of this research structure. After the information collected and analyzed, I complied a table named “Measurement table on the working stress for those technical teachers who work in educational reforms in vocational high school ”, which was combined with another table named “The sense of efficiency of technical teachers ” compiled by Mr. Chen, Cheng-Wei to form a questionnaire which further served as a tool for collecting quantitative information. Among 73 comprehensive high schools in Taiwan area in 2003, samples were taken form 560 technical teachers in 26 comprehensive high schools, which were extended from their original form as a vocational high school. The effective questionnaires returned were 424 copies, and the effective returned rate was 75.71%. The statistical analytic methods applied in this study are means, standard deviation, percentages, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Schaffer’s posterior comparisons, Person’s product-moment correlation etc. The conclusions of analytic outcome are depicted as follows: 1. The working stress of technical teachers who work in the process of educational reforms in vocational high school is higher than medium level. Among various aspects that cause working stress, “Load resulted from reforms” has reached high level. For the aspects of “Industrial Discrepancy”, “Practicing the second skill”, and “Development of vocational high schools”, working stress is higher than medium level and that of “Student behavior” is lower than medium level. 2. The sense of efficiency for those technical teachers who work in the process of educational reforms in vocational high school is higher than medium level. Among various aspects that cause working stress, “The sense of efficiency in personal teaching” is the most significant factor. “The sense of efficiency in personal profession” is the second, and “The sense of efficiency in general teaching status” doesn’t reach medium level. 3. There are significant differences in the working stress of technical teachers in terms of “school to which a teacher belongs”, “ Gender”, “Marital status” and “Side positions and duties”. 4. There are significant differences in the sense of efficiency of the technical teachers in terms of “ school to which a teacher belongs”, “Gender”, “Marital status”, and “Participation in industry”. 5. There is a significant differential correlation in the working stress and the sense of efficiency for those technical teachers who work in the process of educational reforms in vocational high school.