Calidad de vida, sentido de coherencia y satisfacción laboral en profesores (as) de colegios técnicos en la Dirección Regional de Heredia

The aim of this study was to analyze the Quality of Life, Sense of Coherence and Job Satisfaction by teachers of technical schools in the Heredia´s region. A group of 81 educators (25 male and 56 female) joined the study. It was used the SF-36 Questionnaire, the Sense of Coherence scale and a list of items related to the Job Satisfaction. There were found three factors associated to job satisfaction: (1) social atmosphere and job recognition, (2) infrastructure conditions, salary and promotion and (3) amount of job and relationship with the students. In general the results showed scores up of average Quality of Life. However, there were found low scores in central aspects like “Vitality”. The highest factors scores were found by the physical function and the physical role. The sense of coherence scores related to the factors “Life” and “Feelings” were middle. Both factors were significant associated to some dimensions of Quality of Life and Job Satisfaction. In sum, the results showed up, that it is necessary to develop programs in order to enhance sense of coherence and quality of life. Likewise, it is important to promote job satisfaction. A good job satisfaction has positive consequences to the health, and increase the compromise levels and teachers identification to the profession.

LA ENSEÑANZA Y ENSEÑAR GEOGRAFIA EN LOS COLEGIOS DE COSTA RICA

La didáctica de  la geografía en  las escuelas y  los colegios debe orientarse a dejar  los elementos tradicionales y  antiguos que constituyen la base del saber geográfco escolar. La enseñanza de la geografía en los colegios de nuestro país se encuentra en una situación muy difícil, se podría decir que defciente y limitada, en especial por dos razones. La primera tiene que ver con una formación geográfca limitada, parcial y tradicional, y la segunda se relaciona con una ausencia de refexión didáctica sobre la disciplina.  La población estudiantil deben adquirir una serie de nociones y ha-bilidades que se interrelacionan entre sí, pero para ello es necesario estructurar el aprendizaje, de manera que la enseñanza se realice en una forma gradual.