Teachers Under Pressure: Stress in the Teaching Profession

by Cooper; Cary

• ISBN13: 9780415094849
• ISBN10: 0415094844
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1995-12-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Our education system has undergone a process of enormous and rapid change and all too often teachers have found that insufficient support has been offered to help them cope. As a direct reaction to this,Teachers Under Pressureexamines the implications of this on teachers in the UK, as well as the pupils they teach. This book helps to identify which teachers are at risk of stress; explores how teachers' problems vary according to where they work, their grade, whether they are male or female and the age range they teach; suggests ways in which the problems of teachers can be helped; and suggests preventative action to minimize stress and maximize educational experience.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	viii
Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
Part I Background to the study of teacher stress
Introduction: why teacher stress?	3	(17)
The costs and consequences of stress among teachers	20	(16)
Sources of stress in teaching	36	(41)
Part II A study of teacher stress
Who are the teachers?	77	(22)
How teachers respond to the job of teaching	99	(23)
Sources of pressure in the job of teaching	122	(35)
Part III Recommendations
What can be done about teacher stress?	157	(26)
Appendix 1: Glossary of terms	183	(5)
Appendix 2: Stress questionnaire	188	(16)
Appendix 3: Sources of pressure tables	204	(3)
Bibliography	207	(17)
Index	224