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Jalil Fathi

Jalil Fathi

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 4564
Faculty: Faculty of Language and Literature
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Research

Title
Predicting Teaching Enjoyment from Teachers’ Perceived School Climate, Self-Efficacy, and Psychological Wellbeing at Work: EFL Teachers
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Teacher self-efficacy, school climate, psychological wellbeing at work, foreign language teaching enjoyment, English as a foreign language (EFL)
Year
2023
Journal Perceptual and Motor Skills
DOI
Researchers Lawrence Jun Zhang ، Jalil Fathi ، Farnoosh Mohammaddokht

Abstract

We tested an assessment model, by which teacher self-efficacy, perceived school climate, and psychological wellbeing at work, might predict teaching enjoyment. We invited a convenience sample of 355 teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) to respond to four online questionnaires. We used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to check the scales’ construct validity and structural equation modeling (SEM) to test associations among the variables. Our results showed that teacher self-efficacy, perceived school-climate, and psychological wellbeing were direct predictors of foreign language teaching-enjoyment (FLTE). Teacher self-efficacy affected FLTE indirectly, as induced by psychological well-being. School climate also indirectly influenced FLTE, as mediated by teacher self-efficacy and psychological wellbeing, with school climate a direct predictor of teacher self-efficacy and psychological wellbeing. Teacher selfefficacy directly affected psychological wellbeing. We discuss implications of these findings for teacher-education programs.