A Self-Study on Job Conflict among Fixed-Term Physical Education Teachers in Secondary Schools

Key Points

• This study aims to explore the types of conflicts experienced by fixed-term physical education teachers and emphasizes the need to recognize them as a new teacher type due to declining school-age populations.
• Applied autobiographical self-study methodology focusing on personal teaching experiences over 8 years.
• Collected and transcribed interviews with fellow fixed-term teachers for additional qualitative data.
• Analyzed data using a qualitative analysis procedure based on Belenky et al.'s 1986 framework.
• Confirmed that demand for fixed-term physical education teachers may continue to rise due to structural educational changes.
• Highlighted that these changes affect both teacher employment stability and the educational experiences of students.
• Proposed understanding fixed-term teachers as diverse educational agents to advocate for structural improvements in the education system.