Crisis in education : stress and burnout in the American teacher
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Crisis in education : stress and burnout in the American teacher
（The Jossey-Bass education series）（The Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series）
Jossey-Bass, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-338) and indexes
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Description
With just 59 percent of teachers lasting more than four years on the job, the U.S education system is in grave jeopardy. In this new book, Farber argues that unless the problems of teachers stress and burnout are understood and addressed, it is unlikely that current efforts to restructure American education will be effective. Using case material, empirical data, public surveys, and the results from his own study of seven hundred New York public school teachers, Farber points to a widespread ambivalence in the United States towards the teaching profession. He shows how that ambivalence, coupled with increasing public criticism and low pay, often make the job of teaching untenable. Using the voices of teachers themselves Farber demonstrates the prevalence of burn-out and identifies the symptoms as well as the varying kinds of stress. He examines various individual and school-based solutions, from stress management to workshops and teacher centres, as posible methods for dealing with what has become a fundamental problem in the teaching profession.
Table of Contents
- What is burnout?
- sources of teacher stress and burnout
- symptoms and types - worn-out, frenetic, and underchallenged teachers
- idealism and disillusionment - who teaches, who leaves, and why
- blaming the teacher - the troubling legacy of the sixties
- through the looking glass - how the media reflect, distort, and influence our view of teaching, L.D.Wechsler
- the erosion of public respect for teachers - a historical view
- teaching in an urban setting - stories from the classroom, L.D.Wechsler
- teaching in other contexts, suburban, rural, private, and special education classrooms, L.D.Wechsler
- dealing with teacher burnout - some solutions and their problems.
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