scholarly journals Relationship between Professional Burnout of Teachers of Higher Education Institutions of Ukraine and Their Organizational, Professional and Socio-demographic Characteristics

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 268-288
Author(s):  
Tetiana Kyrian ◽  
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Inna Nikolaesku ◽  
Nataliia Stepanova ◽  
Yuliia Nenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
Clinical Disorder ◽  
Status Characteristics ◽  
High Level

The research addresses the need to assess the degree of professional burnout of teachers of higher education institutions of Ukraine and to analyse connection between the level of teachers’ professional burnout and their organizational-professional (type of education, teaching experience) and socio-demographic (age, gender, marital status) characteristics. The article presents results of comparative analysis of major scientific approaches to the content of professional burnout: result of occupational stress; psychological defence mechanism; type of professional deformation of a personality; professional crisis and clinical disorder. The authors’ Questionnaire was employed as the main method of the study. The level of teachers’ professional burnout was explored via “Burnout Syndrome” in professions of the system “man-man” method by Maslach & Jackson. The study was conducted from 01 to 31 May 2020 and involved 302 faculty members of higher education institutions of Cherkasy region (central Ukraine). The findings signal that more than a third of the surveyed teachers experience a high level of expression of all components of professional burnout. The paper reports that the length of teaching experience has a positive effect on reducing most components of professional burnout; the level of emotional exhaustion decreases with age; women have a lower degree of emotional exhaustion than men. It is revealed that the actual socio-demographic characteristics of teachers (age, gender) have a greater impact on such a component of professional burnout as emotional exhaustion, while organizational and professional characteristics have a greater effect on such components of professional burnout as depersonalization and reduction of personal achievements.

scholarly journals Perceived Stress and Indicators of Burnout in Teachers at Portuguese Higher Education Institutions (HEI)

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 3248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Teles ◽  
Antonio Valle ◽  
Susana Rodríguez ◽  
Isabel Piñeiro ◽  
Bibiana Regueiro
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Portuguese Higher Education

The aim of this study was to examine the phenomena of burnout and perceived stress in teachers at Higher Education Institutions, as this professional class is one of the most affected by high levels of stress. A sample of 520 university teachers was used, of which 339 (65.2%) were women. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to measure burnout, and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was used to measure perceived stress. A sociodemographic data questionnaire produced by the authors was also applied, which consisted of questions about age, sex, experience in the teaching profession and the participants’ teaching areas. The results indicated that university teachers over 60 years old exhibited lower levels of perceived stress, as did teachers with more teaching experience (30 years or more), and those with less experience (less than 10 years). Women exhibited higher levels of perceived stress than men. Women also scored higher levels of Emotional Exhaustion in the burnout dimensions, whereas teachers will less experience (under 10 years) and teachers with more experience (more than 30 years) had the lowest scores in this dimension. Through an examination of the relation between perceived stress and the burnout dimensions, we concluded that perceived stress was directly proportional to emotional exhaustion and depersonalization; and was inversely proportional to personal accomplishment. A total of 31.3% of the variance in burnout was explained by perceived stress.

scholarly journals Legal clinical education as a necessary component of a future lawyer formation

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
Olena Orlova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Legal Consciousness ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
High Level ◽  
Intellectual Potential

Legal clinical education as an innovative form of legal education is studied in the article. The analysis of the influence of the legal clinic on the formation of the legal consciousness and culture of the future lawyer, his formation as a specialist is carried out. The process of modernization of legal education in Ukraine, where the emphasis is on the practical training of future lawyers, and where clinical education plays a crucial role is considered. It is substantiated that legal clinic is a necessary component in obtaining the profession of a lawyer; consolidation of theoretical knowledge and acquisition of practical skills by students, implementation of legal education activities, provision of free legal aid to people in need are grounded. It is proved that the presence of legal clinics within the structure of higher education institutions, their activities and importance for improving the practical training of future lawyers indicates the indisputability of the necessity to study and research legal clinical education. Emphasis is placed on the need to improve the system of future lawyers training. It is legal clinical education that is the best form of legal influence on a person, and is an integral part of the overall reform of higher education, which is being carried out today in Ukraine and aims to train lawyers with high level of competencies and legal awareness. Legal clinics allow students to be creatively realized, to reveal their intellectual potential; and are a link between the traditional educational process and future practical activities. Increase the number of legal clinics, separation of legal clinics into a separate structural unit with the staff in all higher education institutions, the introduction of teaching of a mandatory course in legal clinical education will contribute to the formation of a future lawyer. Legal clinic is a special kind of legal education (for the population) and an innovative form of legal education (for the applicants for law schools).

scholarly journals The Presence of Stress, Burnout Syndrome and the Most Important Causes of Working Stress Among Physicians in Primary Health Care – an Observational Study from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Kosana Stanetić ◽  
Verica Petrović ◽  
Brankica Marković ◽  
Bojan Stanetić
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Primary Health Care ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Primary Health Care Centre ◽  
Personal Accomplishment ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Health Care Centre ◽  
Primary Health ◽  
High Level ◽  
Banja Luka

<p><strong>Objective. </strong>To investigate the level and causes of stress and the risk of onset of burnout syndrome among physicians employed at the Primary Health Care Centre, Banja Luka.</p><p><strong>Subjects and Methods. </strong>Between March 1, 2018, and May 31, 2018 all physicians from the Primary Health Care Centre, Banja Luka were offered the following questionnaires to fill in: a socio-demographic questionnaire, a questionnaire for self-assessment of the level of stress and the Maslach Burnout Inventory for assessment of the risk of burnout syndrome. <strong>Results. </strong>Out of 211 physicians, 85.8% were female. A high level of stress was found in 77.7% of the subjects. Older doctors had higher levels of emotional exhaustion compared to younger doctors with a shorter length of service (r=0.236, P=0.01). Emotional exhaustion was significantly correlated with a high level of depersonalization, a low level of personal accomplishment and a high level of stress (r=0.380, r=-0.174 and r=0.574, P=0.01, P=0.04 and P&lt;0.01, respectively). Depersonalization correlated with a low level of personal accomplishment and stress (r=-0.347 and r=0.283, P&lt;0.01 and P=0.01, respectively), while the level of personal accomplishment was in a negative correlation with stress (r=-0.281, P=0.01). A high stress level was associated with a high degree of emotional exhaustion (OR 56.543; 95% CI 11.35-213.09; P&lt;0.001) as well as lack of personal accomplishment (OR 0.155; 95% CI 0.04-0.50; P=0.003).</p><p><strong>Conclusion. </strong>A high level of stress was associated with older age, female gender, as well as with a high degree of emotional exhaustion and a lack of personal accomplishment. Preventive measures are warranted.</p>

scholarly journals Legal Literacy of Teachers on Selected Laws and Jurisprudence Affecting School Operations

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 306-315
Author(s):  
ALMA SONIA SANCHEZ-DANDAY ◽  
Billy Danday
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Education Law ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Legal Literacy ◽  
School Operations

Teachers in higher education institutions are responsible for acting in accordance with the law and policies to ensure that equity is provided and rights are not violated. This descriptive-correlational study determined the profile and the level of legal literacy on education laws of 322 teachers of State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in the Eastern Visayas Region of the Philippines.  Moreover, it endeavored to determine the association of legal literacy to the identified profile variables through the use of a researcher-made survey instrument. The analyses of data included both descriptive and inferential statistics like frequencies, means, standard deviation, Eta correlation, Pearson product-moment correlation, and Spearman ranks correlation. Results revealed that teachers have low level of legal literacy and that no significant relationship exists between their legal literacy and age, sex, educational background, teacher certification, length of administrative and teaching experience, and exposure to education law. The study recommends the provision of trainings, grants, scholarships and sufficient access to education law resources for teachers in the higher education institutions.

scholarly journals University performace through Multiple Factor Analysis

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delimiro Alberto Visbal Cadavid ◽  
Mónica Martínez-Gómez ◽  
Rolando Escorcia-Caballero
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Multiple Factor Analysis ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Multiple Factor ◽  
Year 2013

This work applies the Multiple Factor Analysis (MFA) as an exploratory methodology to analize the indicators of the education´s management that belong to 32 Colombian public Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) along the year 2013. The product of this work indicates that the majority of HEIs have similar structures, being different and better scored the following: La Universidad Nacional (UNAL), Antioquia (UDEA), Nacional Abierta y a Distancia (UNAD), Pamplona y del Valle. Also the UDEA has a high development in extension, formation, capacity and research which is considered one of the best HEIS in the country. The university of Valle has a high degree of welfare, formation and extension, besides moderate capacities on research in comparission with the UDEA wich is superior to the rest of the HEIs. Pamplona has too a high level of formation, extension and moderate weflare, research and capacity in relation to the UNAD. It worth to mention that UNAL is the best located on extension. However, it is surpassed by other University (UDEA) because has a better development in some variables associated to research and extension. To finish, there are other HEIs with too many weaknesses on the indicators of the education´s management wich are UFPS Ocaña, Sucre and Pacifico. These universities show certain problems of research, extension and capacity, but fundamentally strong shortcomings in formation and welfare.

Academic Entrepreneurship and Its Challenges

2019 ◽  
pp. 321-337
Author(s):  
Bhaskar Bhowmick ◽  
Rosalin Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Academic Entrepreneurship ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Emerging Country ◽  
High Level

An emerging country like India demands a high level of entrepreneurial development for its economic growth as the scope of entrepreneurship is tremendous here. There is a particular reason that developing countries are trying to put in to entrepreneurship education in the higher education institutions (HEIs). Higher education institutions (HEIs) have been playing a major part in current economic development through innovation grant program. The idea of entrepreneurial university can be seen as the universities those have proved to be the best in critical economic development condition. The prime focus of this chapter is to understand the concept of academic entrepreneurship efficiently, to analyze the entrepreneurial challenges in Indian technology universities and how it is related to regional growth. The literature on these entrepreneurial pillars are still quite sparse, and the authors have tried to focus on all the important aspects of them. These orientations of this archetype for facilitating Indian economic growth are discussed, and the challenges are identified.

scholarly journals The practices of quality management in Norwegian higher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 698-708
Author(s):  
Bjørn Stensaker ◽  
Elisabeth Hovdhaugen ◽  
Peter Maassen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Programme ◽  
Using Data ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Control

Purpose In recent decades, higher education institutions have been encouraged to develop their own internal management systems as a response to perceived quality challenges in the sector. These quality management (QM) systems have often been found to mainly reflect external accountability requirements, with less focus on coherent study programme development. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between QM practices and study programme delivery in Norwegian higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach The study examined how coordination and control of quality work with respect to educational activities take place, using data from a survey to study programme leaders in a large sample of Norwegian higher education institutions. Findings The main findings show that a majority of institutions have established formal advisory bodies with a QM mandate, contributing to more coherent thinking, even though the division of labour between these bodies and formal decision-making structures often is unclear. The study also shows a high level of diversity in the collaboration practices among different actors involved in QM work, indicating that QM practices are adapted to local needs. Originality/value The paper provides new knowledge as to how QM is conducted in practice at the local level. It nuances earlier studies by showing the involvement of collegial bodies in QM although such bodies may have unclear mandates and, thus, an unclear role in the QM process.

scholarly journals Calidad educativa en las instituciones de educación superior: evaluación del síndrome de burnout en los profesores / Educational quality in higher education institutions: assessment of burnout syndrome in teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (16) ◽  
pp. 516-534
Author(s):  
Janette Brito Laredo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Educational Quality ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
General Survey ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Quality In Higher Education

En la actualidad el rol del profesor universitario juega un papel muy importante en el proceso enseñanza-aprendizaje. Dentro de sus funciones principales se encuentra propiciar un aprendizaje permanente y significativo entre los estudiantes, con la finalidad de formar profesionistas altamente calificados, por lo que el profesorado desempeña una parte fundamental en el logro de la calidad educativa. En este sentido, el objetivo del presente trabajo consistió en realizar un estudio de la salud ocupacional en los docentes de una Institución de Educación Superior (IES) del Estado de Baja California, México. Se evaluó el estrés crónico en el trabajo relacionado con sus exigencias mediante el síndrome de burnout para identificar áreas de oportunidad y buscar el mejoramiento de sus prácticas educativas y formativas.  Este síndrome es tridimensional y está caracterizado por el agotamiento, cinismo y eficiencia profesional. La metodología aplicada fue mediante un estudio de campo con la aplicación del instrumento de medición Maslach-Burnout Inventory General Survey (MBI-GS). Se realizó un estudio con 100 % de la planta de profesores de tiempo completo adscritos a una facultad de la universidad pública, a quienes se les aplicó la prueba para conocer la propensión a padecer el síndrome de burnout. Con base en la escala de evaluación, los resultados muestran niveles medios y altos en las dimensiones de agotamiento (=2.78) y cinismo (=1.46), y bajos en eficiencia profesional (=3.54), por lo que se comprueba la existencia del síndrome en los profesores sujetos de estudio. Se considera de suma importancia identificar el síndrome de burnout en los trabajadores dedicados a la docencia y se recomienda el desarrollo de una propuesta de mejoramiento de condiciones laborales.

scholarly journals Readiness of Higher Education Institutions Faculty Staff to Work in Inclusive Groups

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vadim N. Kozlov ◽  
Daria F. Romanenkova ◽  
Elena I. Salganova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
Sociological Study

Inclusive education is regarded as a valuable resource for the development of Russian society. Teachers play a distinctive role in its implementation. The study of this role is based on the principles of structural and functional and systemic approaches, as well as the sociology of education, the sociology of culture, pedagogy, psychology, and the monitoring of inclusive education. The empirical basis of the research was formed by the materials of a quantitative, representative sample and sociological study of the readiness of teachers of higher education institutions to work in inclusive groups, in which students with disabilities are studying. A total of 777 teachers from 23 universities in Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, and Kurgan regions were interviewed in November 2019. The analysis showed that most teachers of higher education institutions support the idea of inclusive education, as well as are ready to work in inclusive groups and have a need for professional training on inclusive higher education. The overwhelming majority of teachers of higher education institutions in the region do not experience any particular psychological difficulties and methodological challenges in working with streams and groups with students with disabilities. Teachers with longstanding teaching experience, associate professors, professors, and people with good knowledge of inclusive education express a greater interest in working with inclusive groups. At the same time, a significant number of teachers of higher education institutions in the region do not support the idea of teaching people with disabilities in inclusive groups. Some teachers are not familiar with or lack knowledge in the concept of inclusive higher education, and they also point to psychological and methodological problems when working in inclusive groups, which is particularly characteristic of young teachers and those who have not taken advanced training on inclusive education. In order to increase the role and responsibility of the teaching staff in inclusive education, it is recommended to continue monitoring it by reaching out to every inclusive group, student, and teacher. Keywords: inclusive higher education, monitoring studies, teacher, student, people with disabilities

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