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A Study of Burnout in International and Country of Origin Teachers

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The study examined the extent to which burnout levels of teachers working in international schools differed from the burnout level of teachers working in their country of origin. All participants of the study were Canadian citizens who were educated in Canada, held Ontario College of Teachers certification and were teaching credit courses in high schools offering the Ontario curriculum under the auspice of the Ontario Ministry of Education. All teachers completed the Burnout Test Form 1 – Revised (Jerabeck, Burnout Test Form 1 – Revised, 2001) online. The study found that international teachers had a statistically lower level of burnout than teachers working in their country of origin.

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UNE ÉTUDE DU SYNDROME D’ÉPUISEMENT PROFESSIONNEL SUR LE PLAN INTERNATIONAL ET DANS LE PAYS D’ORIGINE DES ENSEIGNANTS – Cette Étude a examinÉ jusqu’à quel point les niveaux du syndrome d’Épuisement professionnel des enseignants travaillant dans des Écoles internationales diffÉraient du niveau de syndrome d’Épuisement professionnel des enseignants travaillant dans leur pays d’origine. Tous les participants à cette Étude Étaient des citoyens canadiens ayant ÉtÉ formÉs au Canada, ayant obtenu le certificat de l’UniversitÉ d’Ontario des Enseignants et donnaient des cours à unitÉ dans des lycÉes offrant le programme d’Études de l’Ontario sous les auspices du Ministère de l’Éducation de l’Ontario. Tous les enseignants ont rempli en ligne le Formulaire 1- RÉvisÉ du Test de syndrome d’Épuisement professionnel (Jerabeck 2001). L’Étude a constatÉ que les enseignants internationaux avaient un niveau statistiquement plus bas de syndrome d’Épuisement professionnel que les enseignants travaillant dans leur pays d’origine.

Zusammenfassung

DAS BURNOUT-SYNDROM BEI LEHRERN IN INTERNATIONALEN UND HEIMISCHEN ARBEITSKONTEXTEN – Die vorliegende Vergleichsstudie zeigt, in welchem Ausmaß Lehrer von Burnout betroffen sind, die in internationalen Schulen beziehungsweise in Schulen ihrer Heimatländer arbeiten. Alle Teilnehmer der Studie waren in Kanada ausgebildete kanadische Staatsbürger, die ihren Abschluss am Ontario College of Teachers gemacht hatten und unter der Schirmherrschaft des Bildungsministeriums von Ontario Oberstufenkurse unter Verwendung des Ontario Curriculums abhielten. Alle Lehrer füllten den überarbeiteten Burnout-Fragebogen 1 (Jerabeck 2001) online aus. Die Studie ergab ein statistisch geringeres Maß an Burnout bei den international tätigen Lehrern als bei den Lehrern, die in ihrem Heimatland arbeiteten.

Resumen

ESTUDIO SOBRE EL SÍNDROME DE QUEMADO (BURNOUT) ENTRE DOCENTES DE ESCUELAS INTERNACIONALES Y DE LOS PAÍSES DE ORIGEN – El presente trabajo examina en qué medida los niveles de burnout de los docentes que trabajan en escuelas internacionales difieren de los niveles de aquéllos que trabajan en su paÍs de origen. Todos los participantes del estudio eran ciudadanos canadienses formados en Canadá, con tÍtulo del Ontario College of Teachers y dedicados a la enseñanza de credit courses en escuelas secundarias, ofreciendo el plan de estudios de Ontario bajo los auspicios del Ministerio de Educación de Ontario. Todos los docentes completaron vÍa online el formulario Burnout Test Form 1 - Revised (Jerabeck 2001). El estudio comprobó que los docentes de escuelas internacionales presentaban, estadÍsticamente, niveles de burnout inferiores a los de docentes que trabajaban en su paÍs de origen.

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Coulter, M.A., Abney, P.C. A Study of Burnout in International and Country of Origin Teachers. Int Rev Educ 55, 105–121 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-008-9116-x

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