Stress in Teaching: An Urgent Issue

Authors

  • Sally Hogarty
  • Brid Ní Chumhaill

Keywords:

Stress, Issue, Environments, Classroom, Duties, Responsibilities, Creative Energy, Pupils' Learning, Stressful Situations, Pressure, Workload

Abstract

When teachers are placed in stressful situations their priorities change. Simply surviving in the job exhausts the creative energy normally given to increasing pupils' learning. 

References

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Fimian, M.J. (1982) What is Teacher Stress? Clearing House Vol 56 (3) pp. 101-5

Fletcher, B and Payne, R. (1982) Levels of reported Stressors and Strains amongst Schoolteachers: Some U.K Data. Educational Review Vol 34 No. pp266-278.

Iwanicki, E.F. (1983) Towards understanding and alleviating teacher ‘Burn-out'. Theory into Practice, 12, 27-32.

Kyriacou, C. and Sutcliffe, J. (1978) Stress: A Psychological Conception Journal of Human stress.

Woodhouse, D.A., Hall, E., Wooster, A.D. (1985) Taking Control of Stress in Teaching British Journal of Educational Psychology Vol 55 pp. 119-123

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Published

2022-11-28

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Hogarty, S., & Ní Chumhaill, B. (2022). Stress in Teaching: An Urgent Issue. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 1(2), 68–72. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/520

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (1988)

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