Open AccessBURNOUT AMONG EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TEACHERS: CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS
Author(s) -
Laila Ajang,
Kamariah Abu Bakar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of education, psychology and counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0128-164X
DOI - 10.35631/ijepc.4310031
Subject(s) - burnout , depersonalization , emotional exhaustion , psychology , early childhood education , early childhood , affect (linguistics) , descriptive statistics , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics , communication
Burnout among early childhood education teachers and the factors that cause burnout will affect the value and quality, performance and service of an achievement. This study examines the level of burnout of early childhood education teachers through three main symptoms of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal achievements and further decline to analyze the causes contributing to the symptoms of burnout and burnout implications against the teacher early childhood education. This study uses a mixed-method and was carried out involving 165 and respondents consisting of early childhood education teachers in the Samarahan and Kuching Sarawak. A total of five respondents were interviewed. Questionnaires related to burnout were circulated containing 30 items whereas items for the interview questions contained 20 questions. Data has been analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings show that burnout levels among early childhood education teachers in Kuching and Samarahan are low. While teachers' personal factors, economic factors, and social factors have been identified as the main cause of teachers experiencing burnout. Uncontrolled burnout provides negative impact to teachers that can be viewed through the impact of emotional, physical, health, social and career education of early childhood teachers.