A study of the factors leading English teachers to burnout

Bu makale bir grup İngilizce okutmanlarını (N=44) farklı seviyelerde tükenmişliğe iten ana faktörleri belirlemek için öğretmen tükenmişliği üzerine gerçekleştirilen bir çalışmayı rapor etmektedir. Çeşitli seviyelerde tükenmişlik belirtisi gösteren okutmanları tespit etmek ve onları gruplandırabilmek için öncelikle bir tarama modeli uygulanmıştır. İkinci adım olarak bu tarama araştırması sonuçlarına göre belirlenen 4 farklı tükenmişlik seviyesindeki okutmanları temsilen 12 kişi ile mülakat yapılmıştır. Bulgular farklı tükenmişlik seviyelerindeki tüm okutmanların hem fikir olarak tükenmişliğe iten ana faktörü araştırmada mikro değişken olarak belirtilen kurumlarındaki idari uygulamalar olarak göstermiştir. Aynı zamanda çok yüksek tükenmişlik belirtileri gösteren okutmanlarda ‘Mesleki kişiliğe karşı yabancılaşma’ tespit edilmiştir.

İngilizce öğretmenlerini tükenmişliğe sürükleyen etmenler üzerine bir çalışma

This paper reports a research study carried out on teacher burnout with a group of English instructors (N=44) in order to identify the major factor(s) leading instructors to burnout at various levels. A survey research model was first applied to find out the instructors (N=37) with a burnout problem and categorize them at different levels of teacher burnout. The next step of the research was an interview carried out with 12 instructors who were selected randomly from the four different levels of burnout. The results show that the instructors from the different levels unanimously believe that the major factor of their burnout is the administrative applications in their institution, which was coded as a micro variable. It was also revealed that the instructors with a high level of burnout displayed ‘Alienation to professional identity’ behavior.

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