ERIC Number: EJ1251367
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4871
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"Reality Shock" of Beginning Teachers? Changes in Teacher Candidates' Emotional Exhaustion and Constructivist-Oriented Beliefs
Voss, Thamar; Kunter, Mareike
Journal of Teacher Education, v71 n3 p292-306 May-Jun 2020
Beginning teachers often feel disillusioned and stressed during their first years of teaching. In the present study, we investigated changes in teacher candidates' constructivist beliefs and emotional exhaustion. We assessed 163 German mathematics teacher candidates 3 times: at the beginning of, in the middle of, and after they completed the induction program. The results revealed a statistically significant decrease in constructivist beliefs and an inverted U-shaped change in emotional exhaustion with an increase at the beginning of the induction program and a decrease afterward. We also found that personal (i.e., math enjoyment) and social (i.e., instrumental support from peers and a constructivist-oriented mentor teacher) resources buffered the decrease in constructivist beliefs and the increase in emotional exhaustion.
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Psychological Patterns, Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Attitude Change, Mathematics Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teacher Burnout, Individual Differences, Measures (Individuals)
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Maslach Burnout Inventory
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