Teachers' Occupational Burnout and Its influence on Professional Growth
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Job burnout, Professional growth, Professional development, Emotional exhaustion, Depersonalization, Reduced personal accomplishmentAbstract
With the development of educational reform, higher quality of teaching is required. The professional development of teachers plays an important role in improving the quality of teaching and learning and advancing the implementation of curriculum reforms. Teachers face heavy workload and increasing pressure, leading to widespread occupational burnout. Teacher burnout is mainly manifested as emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment. Job burnout has negative influence on teachers' teaching innovation, research ability and sustainable professional development. This paper analyzes the main barriers of teachers' professional growth caused by burnout and proposes corresponding improvement strategies at the individual, school, and societal levels to alleviate occupational burnout and promote sustainable professional development among teachers.
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