This article offers reflections on a preventive training model focused on teacher burnout that can enrich preservice teacher education. Two fundamental questions are discussed: (1) Which factors in the work of a teacher are potential sources of burnout? and (2) What must a preventive concept include to forestall the problem of future teachers'…

This three-part monograph on human resource development is intended for counselors who wish to translate their counseling skills and experience to work with business and industry. Part I presents an overview of the field of human resource development (HRD) emphasizing the counselor as an HRD professional. Chapter I discusses the application to…

The Geelong Regional Group of the Australian College of Education focused on the problem of teacher and student stress at its annual conference in 1985. Three persons with special knowledge of the topic were invited to present papers on the theme "Coping with Stress in Education." A panel discussion was an important part of the…

The purpose of this study was to determine if stress was one of the major problems facing today's secondary educators. If it were indeed a problem, the causes, the symptoms, and the methods of alleviating stress had to be known in order to prevent an exodus of stressed individuals from teaching. Research was conducted by reviewing relevant…

This study measured the self-esteem of 312 female elementary school teachers in the Chattagnooga area public schools, and identified their perceptions of selected job-related factors that contribute to their self-esteem. The questionnaire consisted of three parts. Part one requested demographic information. Part two consisted of the Barksdale…

This study examined the amount of perceived stress and its dimensions on 121 elementary and secondary school teachers. Correlations were found between the "Emotional Exhaustion" dimension of stress and gender (males experienced more burnout) and years of teaching (teachers with more years at their present job experienced more burnout).…

Questionnaires were mailed to 765 special education teachers to determine if the concept of burnout is relevant to teachers of exceptional children and to determine if the age level, delivery model, and type of children served are related to the experience of burnout. Responses were obtained from 601 teachers. Among findings were the following:…

Two-hour semi-structured interviews were conducted with a heterogeneous group of psychotherapists to investigate their experience of therapeutic practice, and in particular to study the phenomenon of emotional and physical exhaustion known as "burnout," in which professionals lose all concern, all emotional feelings for the persons with…

Findings from 74 summer camp staff serving disabled children suggest: burnout exists; emotional exhaustion is the burnout phase more often experienced; staff reporting higher social support report less burnout; perceptions of social support decrease as summer progresses; camp administrators need to develop/evaluate strategies to foster social…

Investigated the relationship between role stress and perceived intensity of burnout for 209 school psychologists and differences in role stress and burnout for school psychologists and four other educator groups. School psychologists reported midrange burnout on Emotional Exhaustion and Personal Accomplishment, the second lowest burnout for…

The article reviews studies on teacher stress and burnout conducted over the past decade. It recommends future research on how to apply the current understanding of teacher stress to reducing stress levels in schools. (Author/CH)

Identifies factors that may lead to teacher burnout, including heavy teaching loads, underprepared students, elitist attitudes, repetition and boredom, and changing subject matter. Successful cures involve self-knowledge, institutional responsibility, and administrative sensitivity to faculty frustration. Ways to avoid burnout include variety,…

A survey of 322 Ohio vocational agriculture teachers measured and analyzed teacher burnout, job satisfaction, and coping ability. The percentage of teachers in the high burnout category revealed a need for better support systems and education about coping. (CH)

Highlights problems and conflicts identified by community college faculty as undermining their work; e.g., the split between academic and vocational curricula, conflicting demands to maintain academic standards and enrollments, lack of time, and issues of power and opportunity. (DMM)

The degree of correlation between each of six personal and life history variables to each of three subscales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory was investigated for classroom teachers. The personal and life history variables afforded low, but statistically significant, relationships with one or more of the three constructs of burnout. (DWH)