Comparing Sources of Stress for State and Private School Teachers in England

Autor/inn/en	Brady, Jude; Wilson, Elaine
Titel	Comparing Sources of Stress for State and Private School Teachers in England
Quelle	In: Improving Schools, 25 (2022) 2, S.205-220 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1365-4802
DOI	10.1177/13654802211024758
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Private Schools; Public Schools; Stress Variables; Teacher Persistence; Faculty Mobility; Teaching Experience; Administrators; Faculty Workload; Accountability; Parent Teacher Cooperation; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Private school; Privatschule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Verantwortung; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung
Abstract	Teaching is understood to be a highly stressful profession. In England, workload, high-stakes accountability policies and pupil behaviour are often cited as stressors that contribute to teachers' decisions to leave posts in the state-funded sector. Many of these teachers leave state teaching to take jobs in private schools, but very little is known about the nature of teachers' work in the private sector. This research addresses this gap in knowledge and compares the sources of stress experienced by 20 teachers in the state sector to those of 20 teachers in the private sector. The paper is based on qualitative data from a larger study. It analyses data collected in interviews and focus groups with classroom teachers and middle leaders working in mainstream primary and secondary phase education in England. The results emphasise state school teachers' acute distress in relation to workloads driven by accountability cultures. In comparison, private school teachers report less intense experiences of work-related stress, but some identify demanding parents as a concern. The research's novelty lies in this comparison between sectors and these sector specific insights may help to focus school leaders' efforts to improve teaching conditions in both sectors. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01