Open AccessA Metasynthesis Study Related to Exhaustion Concept of Teachers in Turkey
Author(s) -
Bekir Barış Cihan,
Ebru Araç Ilgar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
world journal of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-0754
pISSN - 1925-0746
DOI - 10.5430/wje.v8n5p31
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , psychology , emotional exhaustion , research design , qualitative research , multimethodology , meta analysis , educational research , applied psychology , pedagogy , mathematics education , burnout , social science , clinical psychology , sociology , medicine , paleontology , biology
The aim of the research is to determine teachers' exhaustion levels in Turkey, reasons, related factors, differentresearches the effects of subject areas have been carried out directly about issues in a systematic manner, gatheringthe studies that have been done over the last decade and making its meta-synthesis. Totally 35 studies consisting of26 theses and 9 articles determined by the purposeful sampling method between 1998 and 2018 were analyzed by aplanned meta-synthesis study in the qualitative research design. In order to determine the studies that will beincluded in the research; The National Teaching Center of the Higher Education Council, Google Academic searchengine, DergiPark, TUBITAK Ulakbim and ERIC databases were used. The sample group of studies used foranalysis constitutes exhaustion studies on teachers in public and private schools. According to research findings, thestudies carried out mainly concentrated on the four subscales. These are; the studies on the exhaustion anddemographic characteristics, the studies on the emotional states and the intelligence dimensions, the studies about theorganization and the states of belonging. In conclusion, in the context of the analyses made, it is considered that thisstudy will be useful in terms of future research direction and awareness of the exhaustion that teachers experience.