scholarly journals Methods to Motivate School Teachers in Afghanistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-173
Author(s):  
Nafisa Hussaini
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Classroom Activity ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Work Pressure ◽  
Proper Training ◽  
The Government ◽  
Everyday Classroom

Teaching as a profession has gained nobility and respect for its service to society. The application, dedication and selfless devotion of school teachers in Afghanistan to their line of work has received accolades from all quarters. Even so, it is an undeniable fact that the tedious and repetitious everyday classroom activity, lack of positive initiatives from the government and low salaries are responsible for the adverse impact on teacher’s mental health, decreasing job satisfaction levels, burnout and a major cause for their regular absenteeism. Additionally, stress due to immense work pressure affects their performance in the classroom and raises doubts about their professionalism. This also impacts the enthusiasm and interest of the students in a negative manner. It is, therefore, an immensely important issue that needs to be addressed by taking a holistic approach by analysing the cause and effect of the various factors that lead to teacher’s feeling uninspired and demotivated, be it professional or personal. It is the need of the hour to chart out programs that get educators - primary to high school - acquainted with modern pedagogies through proper training and get them enthused with policies that keep their flame of motivation burning.

The “Cool Mind” program (“Programa Cuca Legal”): mental health literacy for middle- and high-school teachers of the public system in Brazil

2015 ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Gustavo M. Estanislau ◽  
Marlene A. Vieira ◽  
Taís S. Moriyama ◽  
Ary G. Araripe Neto ◽  
Isabel A. S. Bordin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Public System ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Perilaku Kerja Guru Bimbingan Konseling Laki-Laki dan Perempuan Tingkat SLTA di Jakarta

Humaniora ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Esther Widhi Andangsari
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Communication Behaviour ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Male Teacher ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Government

Article presented performance behaviour among high school teachers in Jakarta, especially in their roles as counsellor based on the government’s qualification and competences, especially in their empathy and persuasion. The research also wants to see the difference between male and female teachers’ behaviour as counsellor, so that the schools are more serious in selecting and developing their teacher counsellor. Using DISC assessment tool for 68 teachers, consisting of 14 male and 54 female teachers, it is indicated that 26,47% of them meet the government qualification, those are both empathy and persuasion qualifications. Empathy qualification is possessed by male and female teachers, even male teacher is more persuasive than male teacher who have dominant communication behaviour. In general, the research presents 13 behaviour styles.

scholarly journals Effect of Practices Executed by Monitoring Education Assistants on Elementary School Teachers’ Mental Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 1673-1679
Author(s):  
Sumaira Munawar ◽  
Khadija Sittar ◽  
Misbah Malik
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
The Government

Teachers’ mental health not only increases their efficiency, professional growth and development but also their effects their personality. Punjab education department established Monitoring education authorities to improve quality of education by monitoring quality indicators.  Monitoring practices of Education Assistants may affect the mental health of teachers on their workplaces which culminate in low performance. The objective of this study was to determine effect of monitoring education authorities’ practices on school teachers’ mental health. 300 elementary school teachers were selected for data collection through cluster sampling technique in District Sheikhpura. Data collection was done through survey questionnaire with 17 statements. Findings revealed that a significant correlation between teachers’ performance and motivational techniques used by their heads. A pilot study was conducted to validate cronbach's alpha 0.86 which statistically significant. Furthermore, following practices of Monitoring education authorities are effecting mental health index .On the bases of these findings that it is recommended that the government might  give training to MEAs  for  improving  their behaviours  during their visits in schools.

scholarly journals A survey of mental health literacy in Japanese high school teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Yamaguchi ◽  
Jerome Clifford Foo ◽  
Yuko Kitagawa ◽  
Fumiharu Togo ◽  
Tsukasa Sasaki
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Panic Disorder ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Mental Health Knowledge

Abstract Background School teachers are well-positioned to recognize mental health problems in their students and to help them seek appropriate help. Therefore, teachers need to have high levels of mental health literacy (MHL). In East Asia, however, few studies have examined MHL levels in teachers. In this study, MHL levels were investigated in Japanese teachers. Methods Teachers (n = 665) from 27 Japanese high schools answered a self-administered questionnaire which assessed (a) knowledge about mental health/illnesses, (b) correct recognition of specific illnesses (depression, schizophrenia and panic disorder), (c) confidence in helping students with depressive symptoms, and (d) confidence in teaching mental health knowledge to students. Results The average proportion of correct answers to the knowledge questions (n = 20) was 58.1%. The proportion of those who correctly answered about the presence of a sharp increase of mental illnesses in adolescence was 51.7%. Few teachers correctly answered about the life-time prevalences of major mental illness in general (21.9%), depression (37.8%) and schizophrenia (19.8%). Depression, schizophrenia and panic disorder in vignette were correctly recognized by 54.1, 35.3 and 78.0% of teachers, respectively. Correct recognition was significantly lower in male than in female teachers. Only a small proportion of teachers had confidence in helping depressed students (19.9%) and in teaching mental health knowledge to students (11.1%). Conclusions MHL in Japanese high school teachers appears to be low. Education programs should be developed and implemented to improve teacher MHL with the aim of helping them to support students suffering from mental health problems.

scholarly journals Pemberian Tunjangan Khusus Daerah Terpencil untuk Perbaikan Kinerja Guru SMP di Kecamatan Liukang Tupabbiring Utara Kabupaten Pangkep

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-190
Author(s):  
M. Ziaul Haq Hs
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Junior High School Teachers ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
The Government

ABSTRACTTeacher is one of the crucial factors in learning; regardless how ideal thecurriculum is, without any support of teachers’ capability to implement thecurriculum, it would not achieve the assigned educational goals. Teachers whodevote themselves in areas categorized as 3T (Outermost, Frontier, andUnderdeveloped) require concerns from the government. The study aims to explain(1) How the provision of special allowances of remote areas to the junior highschool teachers in the District of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring of PangkepRegency, (2) How the performance of junior high school teachers in the District ofNorthern Liukang Tupabbiring of Pangkep Regency, (3) What impacts of providingspecial allowances of remote areas on the improvement of junior high schoolteachers’ performance in the District of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring of PangkepRegency.The study was a field research situated in junior high schools in the District ofNorthern Liukang Tupabbiring of Pangkep Regency. The research subjects werejunior high school teachers in the District of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring ofPangkep Regency. Interview, observation, and documentation were utilized incollecting the data which then verified by reducing the data, presenting them, anddrawing conclusions. The study employed a multidisciplinary approach usingqualitative data analysis consisting of three stages: (1) pre-field, (2) field work, (3)analysis.The results revealed that the provision of special allowances of remote areas to thejunior high school teachers in the District of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring ofPangkep Regency was still not evenly distributed. Most of the teachers, however,had got the allowances, while the junior high school teachers’ performance in theDistrict of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring of Pangkep Regency needed to beimproved, and after giving the allowance, they were motivated to developthemselves and their performance as teachers in remote areas. The impacts ofproviding special allowances of remote areas in improving the junior high schoolteachers’ performance in the District of Northern Liukang Tupabbiring of PangkepRegency were as an additional income to overcome the difficulties of life forserving in remote areas, to boost the teachers' welfare in remote areas, so thequality of education in remote areas could compete with the education in urbanareas. The implications of this study were teachers expected that there were equitabledistribution to all teachers who were entitled to special allowances in remoteareas, as well as providing them with the ease of continuing education to improvetheir competence in order to become creative and insightful teachers.

scholarly journals Mental health first aid training for high school teachers: a cluster randomized trial

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony F Jorm ◽  
Betty A Kitchener ◽  
Michael G Sawyer ◽  
Helen Scales ◽  
Stefan Cvetkovski
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
High School ◽  
Randomized Trial ◽  
High School Teachers ◽  
Cluster Randomized Trial ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Mental Health First Aid ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
First Aid Training ◽  
Cluster Randomized
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