Perception of professional social support as a predictor of burnout level of pre-school teachers

Tornuk N., Zafer Güneş D.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (IJCI), cilt.12, ss.105-114, 2020 (Hakemli Dergi)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (IJCI)
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.105-114
  • İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The  main  purpose of  this study  is  to investigate  the  relationship between  perception  of  preschool  teachers' professional  social  support and  burnout  levels.  The  model  of  this  research  is  the  relational screening  model included  in  the  quantitative  research  model.  The  participants  of  the  study  were  297  pre-school  teachers working  in  official  schools  of  the  Ministry  of  National  Education  in  Tekirdag  in  2017-2018  academic  year. The  data  were  collected  by  burnout  scale,  teacher professional  social  support  scale  and  participant information  form.  According  to  the  data,  there  was  a  statistically  significant  negative  correlation  between burnout and all subdimensions of social support scale. In addition, professional social support perceptions of preschool teachers were found to be a significant predictor of burnout levels.