The level of stress and stress factors in the work of the kindergarten teacher

• Authors: Korczyński, Stanisław

Abstracts

EN

The profession of a kindergarten teacher is particularly stressful due to the complex tasks within the didactic, educational and caring functions. To recognise the problem of stress of this professional group, the research was done to answer the following questions: What is the level of stress of teachers depending on the seniority of teaching and what factors are the cause of stress. The research using the diagnostic survey method covered 440 respondents with different seniority. Studies have shown that 35% of teachers experience above-average stress levels. The amount of stress is individually diversified, and the way it is experienced depends on many factors that are perceived as particularly burdensome and difficult to overcome. They are connected with time pressure, physical nuisance, a feeling of insufficiency of prizes, fulfilling didactic and educational functions. Teachers are stressed by the large amount of work outside the hours spent with children, by underestimating the profession, lack of time to support the development of children requiring special care and compensating for their shortages as well as staying in constant noise.

Keywords

EN

stress; stress levels; stress factors; consequences of stress; ways to manage stress

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Problemy Opiekuńczo-Wychowawcze
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 568(3)
• Pages: 32-51

Dates

published

2018-05-08

Contributors

author

Korczyński, Stanisław

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0011.8297