Abstract

• The main aim of this study is to examine locus of control and job satisfactions of teacher educators from Selected Education Colleges in Upper Myanmar. Quantitative research design and survey method were applied for this study. The sample of this study were 475 teacher educators from eleven Education Colleges in Upper Myanmar. Locus of control questionnaire and teachers' job satisfaction questionnaire were used. In this study, descriptive statistics, independent sample t test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Pearson-moment Correlation were used to analyze the data. According to the result of this study, there were significant differences in locus of control by age and teaching experience. The (30-39) age group teacher educators had higher in locus of control than (40-49) age and over 50 age groups. Moreover, the (1-9) year group had greater in locus of control than over 20 years. But, there was no significant difference in locus of control of teacher educators according to education level and marital status of teacher educators. In addition, there was significant difference in job satisfaction by age. The (30-39) age group teacher educators had the highest mean score than other age groups. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in job satisfaction by educational level, teaching experience and marital status of teacher educators. Pearson correlation (r = 0.531, p< 0.01) revealed that the overall locus of control was positively correlated with job satisfaction. According to the findings of this study, teacher educators with high internal locus of control are more satisfied in job.