ACADEMICIA: An International Multidisciplinary Research Journal
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 7

Teacher burnout in relation to age, teaching experience and selfperceived effectiveness

  • Author:
  • Mukta Gupta
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 123 to 127

*Assistant Professor, Guru Harikishan College of Education, Jagadhri, Haryana. India

Online published on 21 September, 2017.

Abstract

Commercialization of education has compounded the role of teacher in education. In an attempt to survive, a teacher may struggle to handle many tasks at a time. The heavy pressures lead to the burnout in teachers. Burnout is state of depression which affects the efficiency of teachers.So, it becomes necessary to know the factors which affect burnout and how to curb it. This study was conducted with three variables age, teaching experience and teacher effectiveness in mind.

Keywords

Burnout: Demotivational state of teacher, Age: chronological age in years, Teaching Experience: Years of service put in teaching profession, Teacher Effectiveness: characteristics of teacher as measured by teacher effectiveness scale by Kumar and Mutha