Shifting to a wellness paradigm in teacher education: A promising practice for fostering teacher stress reduction, burnout resilience, and promoting retention

Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 178-191

  Curry, Jennifer R ^a   O'Brien, Elizabeth R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Teacher attrition; Teacher retention; Wellness

Indexed keywords

APATHY; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EDUCATION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF ACTUALIZATION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TEACHER; TEACHING; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84880008948     PISSN: 15594343     EISSN: 19389000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1559-4343.14.3.178     Document Type: Article

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