Factors Influencing the Social Status of Physical Education Teachers from the Viewpoint of High School Students of Isfahan City

The present paper aims to study the social status of physical education teachers from the viewpoint of high school students of Isfahan city. The applied methodology was descriptive survey. The statistical population included all the high school students of Isfahan. A sample of 310 subjects was selected using purposive sampling method. The data-gathering instrument was a 44-item researcher-made questionnaire to assess four components of the social status of teachers (including specialized and professional skill, personality traits and human relations, appearance, and financial factors). The subjects were asked to respond to the questions using a five-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (too much) to 5 (too little). The SPSS17 software was used to analyze the data. Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by a panel of experts, and its reliability was established by calculating Cronbach’s alpha (α= 0.89). The results showed that personality traits and human relations had the highest effect on the improvement of the social status of teachers from the viewpoint of students. Moreover, specialized and professional skills, appearance, and financial factors hadthe most important roles in strengthening their social status (F=59.48, P<0.01).