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Brown, Les; Goodall, Robert – Action in Teacher Education, 1980
There are many stress-producing factors in the life of a teacher. While discipline seems to be the major problem, social and personal problems also increase the pressure of daily living. Changing negative attitudes and widening limited perspectives will help to combat the inevitable stress of teaching. (JD)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Change, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
McFadden, Hope; Moracco, John – Humanist Educator, 1980
Burnout in human service organizations can be caused by funding problems, overwork, the nature of clients, and ineffective management. A social-professional support group should be a formal part of the organizational structure to provide opportunities for evaluation and feedback, as well as individual help to professionals. (JAC)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Burnout, Human Services, Job Satisfaction
Blake, Ronald E. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1980
Notes the evolving definition of mental health "primary prevention," the future of which is currently jeopardized. Describes a study of the effectiveness of primary prevention in relieving some of the signs and symptoms of teacher burnout. Includes the format of a teacher inservice program which addresses teacher burnout. (SB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Services, Inservice Teacher Education
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Brownell, Mary T.; Smith, Stephen W.; McNellis, Janet R.; Miller, M. David – Exceptionality, 1997
A telephone survey of 93 Florida teachers who did not return to their special education teaching position after the 1992-93 year, found the largest portion of teachers who left did so because they were dissatisfied with conditions of work. In addition, the majority of leavers remained in education. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Arnold, Steven; Reineke, Kelly Rae – Grassroots Development, 1996
As local pressures mount and state resources dwindle, intermediary organizations are emerging throughout Latin America. Although theoretically enabling people at the grass roots to participate in their own development and reap the benefits of their labor, the costs and tensions are often not worth the burden. Explores the quandaries that new…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Burnout, Community Action
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Huebner, E. Scott; Mills, Lane B. – Special Services in the Schools, 1994
Examined levels of burnout and relationships between burnout and selected personality characteristics and role expectations in a sample of school psychologists employed as practitioners in school settings. Results indicated personality variables related significantly to burnout over and above demographic and work condition variables. Implications…
Descriptors: Adults, Burnout, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Characteristics
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Zabel, Robert H.; Zabel, Mary Kay – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2002
A survey of 298 teachers found a relationship between burnout and teachers' perceptions of support from administrators and parents. It also found differing perceptions of support by teachers in urban, rural, and suburban locales. Results suggest the need for special education administrators to provide explicit support for special education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Schools, Special Education Teachers
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Smith, Nathan M.; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1988
Discussion of burnout among library personnel includes a susceptibility profile, indicators of burnout, and administrative contributors. Techniques by which administrators can reduce stress are suggested, including participative management; improved communications; staff development; informal staff gatherings; staff meetings; flexible work…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Problems, Burnout, Emotional Problems
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Rosen, Charlotte – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1990
Looks at academic burnout from the perspective of the transplanted humanist teaching business communication. Describes disparities of fit between the quantitative methods of a business school and the qualitative approach of a humanist. (SR)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Coping, Humanities, Postsecondary Education
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Neumann, Yoram; And Others – Journal of Higher Education, 1990
A study examined the relationships between components of quality of learning experience and student burnout and the effect of these factors on students' commitment to their college. Results of path analysis are presented. (MSE)
Descriptors: Burnout, Business Administration, College Environment, College Students
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Brownell, Mary T.; Smith, Stephen W. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1993
This article offers a conceptual model for studying teacher attrition and retention. The model incorporates historical, environmental, and external factors believed to influence teachers' decisions about whether to continue teaching. The framework is used to draw implications for future special education teacher preparation research. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Decision Making, Disabilities
Smith, Gregory A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
Studies the deleterious effects of Oregon's Measure 5 (a property relief measure) on two suburban elementary schools in Oregon City and West Linn. In both Oregon and California, a shift away from property taxes has not been accompanied by the development of adequate funding from other sources. Our growing willingness to provide for children's…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Class Size, Community Support, Crowding
Cook, Jimmie – Teaching Pre K-8, 1994
Maintains that classroom teachers, often underpaid and overworked, can avoid job dissatisfaction by constantly evaluating their worth to the students they teach. Many teachers may find graduate school, a sabbatical, or a career move into administration or higher education an alternative to teacher burnout. (MDM)
Descriptors: Career Development, Elementary Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education
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Byrne, Barbara M. – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1994
Findings are reported for a cross-validated study of factorial validity and invariance of the Maslach Burnout Inventory across gender for elementary school teachers (742 males and 801 females) and secondary school teachers (659 males and 721 females). The study illustrates structural modeling methodology and use of multiple model-fitting criteria.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Structure, Females
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Friedman, Isaac A. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1995
A measure for school principal perceived burnout was developed and validated through responses of 821 Israeli principals. Under factor analysis, three factors emerged: (1) emotional, physical, and cognitive exhaustion; (2) aloofness; and (3) deprecation of teachers, students, and parents. (SLD)
Descriptors: Burnout, Factor Analysis, Fatigue (Biology), Foreign Countries
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