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Garwood, Justin D.; Werts, Margaret G.; Varghese, Cheryl; Gosey, Leanne – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2018
The researchers of this study used a mixed-methods approach to understand issues of rural special education teacher burnout. Results of survey responses (n = 64) and follow-up focus group interviews (n = 12) from rural special education teachers indicated several factors contributing to stress and burnout. Teachers noted that lack of clarity in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Special Education Teachers, Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Role
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Shyman, Eric – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2011
Two theories of occupational stress are often cited as being most supported by research: the job strain model (JSM) and the effort--reward imbalance model (ERIM). In order to investigate the applicability of mutual theoretical elements of both models to special education in the USA, a sample of 100 special education paraeducators in public and…
Descriptors: Special Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Work Environment, Anxiety
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Schwab, Richard L.; And Others – Educational Research Quarterly, 1986
A model of sources and consequences of educator burnout was tested. Sources were found to include a combination of individual's unmet expections, job conditions, role conflict, lack of freedom, and absence of social support systems. The consequences included intention to leave teaching, absenteeism, lessened effort, and lower quality of personal…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Individual Characteristics