Author(s)

Zeng Hanju ¹, Gui Shiquan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Normal College, Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610100, China

Corresponding Author

Zeng Hanju

ABSTRACT

Burnout has adverse effects on individual teachers, organizations, and the education profession. In the past two decades, scholars at home and abroad have conducted extensive research around the definition, measurement tools, influencing factors, and interventions of teacher burnout. Future research needs to be based on the inheritance of existing results, and should focus on the formation mechanism of burnout, countermeasures, and the effectiveness of interventions for primary and secondary school teachers. At the same time, international comparative studies need to be strengthened to gain a more comprehensive perspective. Burnout is a widespread health problem worldwide[1-2]. Research shows that burnout is particularly common in the helping professions[3] Burnout is particularly common in helping professions. As a specific type of helping profession, burnout is more prominent among teachers[4] The problem of burnout is even more pronounced in teachers as a specialized helping profession. Individual teachers' physical and mental health and job satisfaction can be negatively affected by burnout. Research has shown that teachers in a state of burnout often face high levels of stress, emotional instability, and physical fatigue. These problems not only take a toll on the individual teacher, but may also affect interactions with students and teaching effectiveness. Burnout may also negatively impact the quality of classroom instruction and student academic achievement by affecting teachers' teaching styles, professional commitment, and motivation levels[5] . In the past two decades, scholars at home and abroad have conducted extensive and in-depth research on the issue of teacher burnout in primary and secondary schools. Based on the literature on burnout at home and abroad, this paper summarizes the current research on teacher burnout in primary and secondary schools and speculates on the future development trend, with a view to providing reference for further research in the field of teacher burnout in primary and secondary schools. 

KEYWORDS

Elementary and secondary school teachers; burnout; research review

CITE THIS PAPER

Zeng Hanju, Gui Shiquan, A Review of Research on Elementary and Middle School Teacher Burnout. Journal of Human Resource Development (2024) Vol. 6: 42-48. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jhrd.2024.060106.

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