This edited book investigates the factors contributing to teacher burnout and its potential consequences. Topics include the relationship of burnout to cultural identity, modality and job satisfaction, and chapters discuss various settings such as the English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) classroom, secondary and primary schools. The book aims to provide possible solutions and ways forward for tackling the issue of burnout, both at a personal and systemic level. It will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of teacher education, wellbeing, school and schooling, as well as practising teachers and school leadership.
Chapter
1. Introduction (Carol Griffiths).
Chapter
2. A complex systems
view of teacher burnout (Carol Griffiths, Hassan Mohebbi, Ali Panahi).-
Chapter
3. Cultural identity and teacher burnout (Herman Grobler, Kamiya
Abdulkhakimova, Aliya Zhakupova).-Chapter
4. Teaching modality and teacher
burnout (Volkan Inceēay, Kenan Dikilita).
Chapter
5. English as a medium of
instruction and teacher burnout (Yasemin Kirkgöz, Alper Mete Nacar).
Chapter
6. Teacher burnout among high school teachers (Jessica Mcconnell).-Chapter
7.
Novice teachers and burnout (Ekrem Seralp, Carol Griffiths).
Chapter
8.
Tertiary Teacher Burnout (Amira Salama).
Chapter
9. Shadow Education And
Teacher Burnout (Anas Hajar, Symbat Mukhamediyeva).-Chapter
10. Burnout Among
Returning Overseas Teachers. (Robbie Lee Sabnani, Thuy Dinh, Fenty Lidya
Siregar).
Chapter
11. Teachers Personal Resources For Preventing Burnout In
Disadvantaged Regions. (Yiwen (Evelyn) Zhang, Hoa T.M. Nguyen, Xuan Tho
Pham).
Chapter
12. Post-Burnout Wellbeing: An Autoethnography (Chiuhui
(Vivian) Wu).
Chapter
13. Plurilingualism And Teacher Burnout. (Edmund Sosu,
Yvette Lucas, Patrick Danaher).
Chapter
14. Burnout: What Every Teacher
Should Know (Carol Griffiths).
Carol Griffiths is Professor of English Language Teaching at Girne American University, Cyprus. She has taught in many places around the world, including New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, China, North Korea, Turkey and UK. She has presented at numerous conferences and published widely, including her books Lessons from Good Language Learners (2009), Developing Teacher Autonomy through Action Research (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), The Strategy Factor in Successful Language Learning, Lessons from Good Language Teachers (2018), Individual Differences in Language Learning (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), The Practice of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) Around the World (2023) and Language Intake (2024). Language learning strategies, individual differences, teacher education and support, English as a medium of instruction, English as a lingua franca, action research, burnout, intake, and using literature to teach language are her major areas of research interest.
