Burnout among public primary school teachers in Dire Dawa administrative region, Ethiopia

The study aimed to assess the level of professional burnout and the effect of demographic variables among primary school teachers in Dire Dawa town. A cross-sectional survey research design on data collected using teacher burnout scale from 211 teachers was conducted. Data was analyzed using descrip...

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Main Author: Daniel Mamo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.994313/full
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description The study aimed to assess the level of professional burnout and the effect of demographic variables among primary school teachers in Dire Dawa town. A cross-sectional survey research design on data collected using teacher burnout scale from 211 teachers was conducted. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. It was revealed that primary school teachers in the administration experience high professional burnout and male older teachers with many years of service experience burnout. Educational qualification showed no relationship with the experience of burnout. Teachers’ gender is correlated with career satisfaction and coping with job stress while experience is correlated with perceived administrative support and attitude toward students. Moreover, the change in burnout experience of primary school teachers could be explained by socio-demographic variables. Thus, it was recommended that school leaders should introduce urgent interventions to help teachers cope with their job stress and burnout.
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spelling doaj.art-0b1319bd05784b24870bdfc6bf8c524d2022-12-22T03:28:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2022-11-01710.3389/feduc.2022.994313994313Burnout among public primary school teachers in Dire Dawa administrative region, EthiopiaDaniel MamoThe study aimed to assess the level of professional burnout and the effect of demographic variables among primary school teachers in Dire Dawa town. A cross-sectional survey research design on data collected using teacher burnout scale from 211 teachers was conducted. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. It was revealed that primary school teachers in the administration experience high professional burnout and male older teachers with many years of service experience burnout. Educational qualification showed no relationship with the experience of burnout. Teachers’ gender is correlated with career satisfaction and coping with job stress while experience is correlated with perceived administrative support and attitude toward students. Moreover, the change in burnout experience of primary school teachers could be explained by socio-demographic variables. Thus, it was recommended that school leaders should introduce urgent interventions to help teachers cope with their job stress and burnout.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.994313/fullburnoutprimary school teacherssocio-demographic variablesteacher burnout scalelogistic regression
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Burnout among public primary school teachers in Dire Dawa administrative region, Ethiopia
Frontiers in Education
burnout
primary school teachers
socio-demographic variables
teacher burnout scale
logistic regression
title Burnout among public primary school teachers in Dire Dawa administrative region, Ethiopia
title_full Burnout among public primary school teachers in Dire Dawa administrative region, Ethiopia
title_fullStr Burnout among public primary school teachers in Dire Dawa administrative region, Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Burnout among public primary school teachers in Dire Dawa administrative region, Ethiopia
title_short Burnout among public primary school teachers in Dire Dawa administrative region, Ethiopia
title_sort burnout among public primary school teachers in dire dawa administrative region ethiopia
topic burnout
primary school teachers
socio-demographic variables
teacher burnout scale
logistic regression
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