Teacher burnout describes a situation in which an educator experiences occupational burnout, becoming unable to effectively carry out their professional responsibilities as a result of chronic job stress. A 2012 survey in the United Kingdom found that teachers self-reported rates of stress, depression and anxiety more than double the average across other professions, with stressors including school climate and ongoing changes to the teaching profession itself. Evidence has mounted that what is called teacher burnout is, in a substantial share of cases, actually a depressive condition rather than a wholly distinct phenomenon of its own, and school administrators are identified as a possible source of relief for educators experiencing these mental health struggles.
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Core ClaimTeacher burnout is a form of occupational burnout in which chronic, unrelieved job stress leaves an educator unable to carry out their professional responsibilities effectively, a state that mounting evidence treats as substantially overlapping with depression rather than as a wholly separate condition. 1 FAQs
What three dimensions do researchers use to describe teacher burnout?
Exhaustion, depersonalization and loss of accomplishment.
A 2022 article reports that over fifty years of research on teacher burnout has produced a well-accepted model with three dimensions: exhaustion, depersonalization and loss of accomplishment. The same source notes that researchers are still testing how related ideas, such as demoralization, fit with this model, so the three-part picture is the settled core rather than the last word.
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1. Teacher burnout (Wikipedia)
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References section, Farber entry
Farber BA (1991). Crisis in education: stress and burnout in the American teacher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 9781555422714.
In Group: Emotion, Anxiety and Wellbeing in Learning, Lead
Teacher burnout refers to a situation where an educator experiences occupational burnout, i.e. they are unable to effectively complete their professional responsibilities and tasks as a result of chronic job stress.
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