Teacher Burnout: Reviewing Empowerment, Immunity, and Autonomy as Healing Pills
محورهای موضوعی : Journal of Applied Linguistics Studies
Zari Sadat Seyyedrezaei
1
,
Amin Jorjani
2
,
Esmail Sokhandan
3
1 - Department of English Language Teaching, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran.
2 - Department of English Language Teaching, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
3 - Department of English Language Teaching, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
کلید واژه: teacher autonomy, teacher burnout, teacher empowerment, and teacher immunity,
چکیده مقاله :
Burnout is often characterized by feelings resulting from interpersonal interactions which seem to trigger the presence of chronic stress. The teaching occupation is considered one of the most stressful occupations because it requires teachers to deal with challenging students and parents and to manage heavy workloads in their workplace. Therefore, there is a greater risk of burnout among teachers as compared to many other occupations. A substantial percentage of English language teachers today seem to be experiencing burnout, a condition often associated with both excessive stress and intensive workloads. To date, psychologists have proposed a variety of explanations and reasons regarding this phenomenon, but there have been few studies offering remedies for teacher burnout in the literature. This review study attempts to offer some important remedies for teacher burnout and demonstrate the role of teacher immunity, teacher autonomy, and teacher empowerment as remedial constructs for ameliorating teacher burnout to fill the existing research gap. Generally, this study suggests that empowerment, immunity, and autonomy play a crucial role in ameliorating teachers’ burnout. Moreover, juxtaposing these factors may significantly alleviate teacher burnout. The findings of this study can aid teachers in alleviating their burnout by highlighting their autonomy, immunity, and empowerment abilities.
Burnout is often characterized by feelings resulting from interpersonal interactions which seem to trigger the presence of chronic stress. The teaching occupation is considered one of the most stressful occupations because it requires teachers to deal with challenging students and parents and to manage heavy workloads in their workplace. Therefore, there is a greater risk of burnout among teachers as compared to many other occupations. A substantial percentage of English language teachers today seem to be experiencing burnout, a condition often associated with both excessive stress and intensive workloads. To date, psychologists have proposed a variety of explanations and reasons regarding this phenomenon, but there have been few studies offering remedies for teacher burnout in the literature. This review study attempts to offer some important remedies for teacher burnout and demonstrate the role of teacher immunity, teacher autonomy, and teacher empowerment as remedial constructs for ameliorating teacher burnout to fill the existing research gap. Generally, this study suggests that empowerment, immunity, and autonomy play a crucial role in ameliorating teachers’ burnout. Moreover, juxtaposing these factors may significantly alleviate teacher burnout. The findings of this study can aid teachers in alleviating their burnout by highlighting their autonomy, immunity, and empowerment abilities.
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