Date of Award
Summer 1983
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Education (MSEd)
Program/Concentration
Special Education
Committee Director
Sandra A. Rubin
Committee Member
Judith Schapiro
Committee Member
Jack E. Robinson
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E32 S53
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent, if any, does stress resulting in burnout differ among regular and special educators. Three hundred regular and special education teachers in the public school systems of Chesapeake and Portsmouth, Virginia participated in the study, The regular teachers represented a range of educational levels from kindergarten to twelfth grade, The special education teachers represented a range of educational levels from pre-school to the senior high level and from self-contained classes to resource rooms. A 2x2 analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. Rank ordering of the mean scores was also used. The educators participating in the study completed a survey on teacher burnout. The results indicated that the secondary special educators experience a significantly greater amount of stress than their elementary counterparts, as compared to the regular teachers in the study.
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DOI
10.25777/gjtp-jg08
Recommended Citation
Simmons, Carolyn Y..
"A Comparative Study of Teacher Burnout in Regular and Special Elementary and Secondary Teachers"
(1983). Master of Science in Education (MSEd), Thesis, , Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/gjtp-jg08
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cdse_etds/33
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Elementary Education and Teaching Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons, Special Education and Teaching Commons