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The main purposes of this study were to explore (1) the differences of background variables and internal-external control personality traits between teaching self-efficacy and job satisfaction among elementary teachers as class masters; (2) the relationship between teaching self-efficacy and job satisfaction; and (3) the prediction of inter-nal-external control personality traits and teaching self-efficacy to job satisfaction. In this study, a questionnaire survey was used to examine 542elementary teachers who were as class masters in the central of Taiwan, including Taichung county, Taichung city, Changhwa county, Nantou county. This questionnaire contained four parts: Internal-External Control Personality Traits Scale (24 items), Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale (28 items), Job Satisfaction Scale (26 items), and personal information (gender, marital status, education level, years of service, teaching grade and school size). ANOVA, t-test, canonical correlation, and regression were used for analyzing the col-lected data. The main results were as follows: 1. The elementary teachers who were also class masters have high level of teaching self-efficacy and job satisfaction, and most of them tended to be internal control. 2. Regarding teaching self-efficacy, no significant differences showed on gender, educa-tion level and teaching grade. However, there were significant differences on inter-nal-external control personality traits, marital status, years of service and school size. 3. Regarding job satisfaction, there were no significant difference on gender, education level and teaching grade. But there were significant differences on internal-external control personality traits, marital status, years of service and school size. 4. The teaching self-efficacy significantly correlated with job satisfaction, and showed a positive relation. 5. The most effective predictor in teaching effectiveness for job satisfaction was ‘teach-ing evaluation’ and ‘teaching materials’. However the most effective predictor in internal-external control personality traits for job satisfaction was ‘external control personality trait’.
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