Teacher Support Groups Serve to Minimize Teacher Burnout: Principles for Organizing.

Kirk, William; Walter, Glen

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Publication Date: 1981

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Teacher Support Groups Serve to Minimize Teacher Burnout: Principles for Organizing.

Kirk, William; Walter, Glen

Education, v102 n2 p147-50 Win 1981

The support group is presented as a practical and therapeutic tool whereby teachers experiencing symptoms of burnout (professional isolation and loneliness) can offer each other needed support while seeking information and generating problem solving strategies. Organizational guidelines and cautions are discussed. (NEC)

Descriptors: Coping, Organizational Theories, Psychological Patterns, Teacher Alienation, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Morale

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Language: English

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