Understanding and Preventing Teacher Burnout: A Sourcebook of International Research and Practice

by Edited by Roland Vandenberghe , A. Michael Huberman

• ISBN13: 9780521622134
• ISBN10: 0521622131
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

‘Burnout’ was first investigated in the 1970s as a crisis of overextended and disillusioned human service workers. But the nature of the syndrome has changed with the evolutions in the nature of these professions. The current experience of burnout is lived out in a more difficult social context, with human service workers struggling harder for social credibility and job security. For instance, through the greater demands on their time and energy, teachers are being pressed to do more work with fewer resources, while receiving fewer rewards and less recognition of their efforts. The objective of this volume is to provide different perspectives and a deeper understanding of the nature, conditions and consequences of burnout, notably in the teaching profession. To do this, the contributions review much research in the field, describing research agenda and action agendas designed to combat the incidence of burnout in the workplace.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
List of Figures	xi
List of Tables	xiii
Foreword	xv
Klaus J. Jacobs
Introduction: Burnout and the Teaching Profession	1	(12)
A. Michael Huberman
Roland Vandenberghe
PART ONE. TEACHER BURNOUT: A CRITICAL REVIEW AND SYNTHESIS	13	(144)
The Nomological Network of Teacher Burnout: A Literature Review and Empirically Validated Model	15	(23)
Barbara M. Byrne
Stress and Burnout in the Teaching Profession: European Studies, Issues, and Research Perspectives	38	(21)
Bernd Rudow
Teacher Stress in a Time of Reform	59	(26)
Mark A. Smylie
Teacher Burnout: A Critical Challenge for Leaders of Restructuring Schools	85	(30)
Kenneth A. Leithwood
Teresa Menzies
Doris Jantzi
Jennifer Leithwood
Intensification and Stress in Teaching	115	(24)
Peter Woods
Reframing Teacher Burnout in the Context of School Reform and Teacher Development in the United States	139	(18)
Lynne Miller
PART TWO. TEACHER BURNOUT: PERSPECTIVES AND REMEDIES	157	(136)
Inconsequentiality -- The Key to Understanding Teacher Burnout	159	(7)
Barry A. Farber
Turning Our Schools into a Healthier Workplace: Bridging Between Professional Self-Efficacy and Professional Demands	166	(10)
Isaac A. Friedman
Teaching Career: Between Burnout and Fading Away? Reflections from a Narrative and Biographical Perspective	176	(16)
Geert Kelchtermans
A Psychosocial Interpretation of Teacher Stress and Burnout	192	(10)
Willy Lens
Saul Neves De Jesus
Burnout Among Teachers as a Crisis in Psychological Contracts	202	(9)
Michael P. Leiter
Progress in Understanding Teacher Burnout	211	(12)
Christina Maslach
Teachers' Moral Purpose: Stress, Vulnerability, and Strength	223	(15)
Jennifer Nias
Teacher Burnout from a Social-Cognitive Perspective: A Theoretical Position Paper	238	(9)
Ralf Schwarzer
Esther Greenglass
Professional Identity, School Reform, and Burnout: Some Reflections on Teacher Burnout	247	(9)
Peter Sleegers
Conflicting Mindscapes and the Inevitability of Stress in Teaching	256	(13)
Thomas J. Sergiovanni
Do Teachers Burn Out More Easily? A Comparison of Teachers with Other Social Professions on Work Stress and Burnout Symptoms	269	(16)
Peter De Heus
Rene F. W. Diekstra
Teacher Burnout	285	(8)
Patricia Albjerg Graham
PART III. TEACHER BURNOUT: A RESEARCH AND INTERVENTION AGENDA	293	(22)
Teacher Burnout: A Research Agenda	295	(9)
Christina Maslach
Michael P. Leiter
Beyond Individual Burnout: A Perspective for Improved Schools. Guidelines for the Prevention of Burnout	304	(11)
Geert Kel Chtermans
Anton Strittmatter
References	315	(34)
Index	349