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Communication Patterns and Stress in the Preschool: An Observational Study
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Sjödin, Fredrik; Neely, Gregory – Child Care in Practice, 2017
The study included 12 preschool departments, with two teachers in six departments characterised by high levels of stress and burnout and two teachers in six departments characterised by low levels of stress and burnout. A total of 24 females with a mean age of 43.5 years participated in the study. The teachers rated stress, fatigue, work demands…
Descriptors: Observation, Stress Variables, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Burnout
Examination of Work Environment Factors Relating to Burnout Syndrome of Early Childhood Educators in Greece
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Rentzou, Konstantina – Child Care in Practice, 2012
Early childhood education is a profession which requires the professional staff to spend considerable time in intense involvement with other people. The pressure from the demands this profession has can create a sense of physical and emotional exhaustion that often leads to burnout. Thus, previous research has linked perceptions of the work…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Burnout, Young Children, Rating Scales
Readiness to Implement a National Quality Framework: Evidence from Irish Early Childhood Care and Education Centres
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Doyle, Orla; Logue, Caitriona; McNamara, Kelly A. – Child Care in Practice, 2011
This study examined the factors associated with childcare staff members' readiness to implement quality standards in early childhood settings in Ireland. To coincide with a new government policy that provides every three-year-old child with access to a free preschool year, a framework designed to improve the quality of early childhood care and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Change, Foreign Countries
Educators or Babysitters? Daycare Caregivers Reflect on Their Profession
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Shpancer, Noam; Dunlap, Brandi; Melick, Katherine M.; Coxe, Kelly; Kuntzman, Devon; Sayre, Pamela S.; Toto, Christine; Spivey, Aria T. – Child Care in Practice, 2008
Forty-nine caregivers in eight daycare centres were interviewed about their daycare experiences, their own childcare decisions and practices, and their views of how their profession is perceived by society. Results suggest that: caregivers comment positively on the process elements of their work, such as their enjoyment and love of children, and…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Child Care, Caregiver Role, Caregiver Attitudes
Mothers' Transition Back to Work and Infants' Transition to Child Care: Does Work-Based Child Care Make a Difference?
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Skouteris, Helen; McCaught, Simone; Dissanayake, Cheryl – Child Care in Practice, 2007
The overall aim in this study was twofold: to compare the use of work-based (WB) and non-work-based (NWB) child care on the transition back to the workplace for women after a period of maternity leave, and on the transition into child care for the infants of these women. Thirty-five mothers with infants in WB centres and 44 mothers with infants in…
Descriptors: Mothers, Females, Infants, Child Care
Causes and Alleviation of Occupational Stress in Child Care Work
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Dillenburger, Karola – Child Care in Practice, 2004
Occupational stress in not a new phenomenon in the working population. However, in the helping professions it has only recently attracted attention. The survey reported here was carried out in order to assess the extent of occupational stress, identify its causes, and suggest ways in which occupational stress can be alleviated. Field social…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Measures (Individuals), Child Care, Work Environment