PdF:AJ5423 Burnout in English Teachers - Course Information
AJ5423 Burnout in English Teachers
Faculty of EducationSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Jana Leblochová (seminar tutor)
Ailsa Marion Randall, M.A. (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Alena Dobrovolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- AJ5423/01: Sat 2. 3. 14:00–19:50 učebna 63, Sat 6. 4. 14:00–19:50 učebna 62, J. Leblochová, A. Randall
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 17/20, only registered: 3/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 3/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- English Language for Education (Eng.) (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- English Language for Education (programme PdF, B-AJ3S) (4)
- English Language for Education (programme PdF, B-SPE)
- English Language for Education (programme PdF, B-AJ3SA) (4)
- Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE) (2)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2A) (6)
- Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (eng.) (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (programme PdF, N-ZS)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (Eng.) (programme PdF, N-ZS) (2)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-AJ2) (6)
- Lower Secondary School English Language Teacher Training (programme PdF, N-ZS) (2)
- Course objectives
- The students will learn about burnout and ways in which they can avoid it as teachers. They will also learn techniques related to well-being as teachers or future teachers.
- Learning outcomes
- By the end of the course, students will be able to: -identify factors leading to burnout in the teaching profession -identify strategies to avoid burnout - be able to practice strategies for well-being
- Syllabus
- 1. Burnout - general definition
- 2. Burnout among teachers - the specifics
- 3. Myths about well-being
- 4. Well-being strategies
- Literature
- Work overload! :redesigning jobs to minimize stress and burnout. Edited by Frank M. Gryna - Annemieke Hytinen - Paul O'Mara. 1 online r. ISBN 9780873896245. info
- SKOVHOLT, Thomas M. and Michelle TROTTER-MATHISON. The resilient practitioner : burnout and compassion fatigue prevention and self-care strategies for the helping professions. Third edition. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016, xxii, 304. ISBN 9781138830073. info
- LINKOVÁ, Karin. Rizikové a protektivní faktory ve struktuře osobnosti učitelů ve vztahu k syndromu burnout. Edited by Lubomír Vašina. 2001, 90 s. URL info
- MASLACH, Christina and Michael P. LEITER. The truth about burnout : how organizations cause personal stress and what to do about it. First edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Imprint, 1997, xi, 186. ISBN 9781118692134. info
- Teaching methods
- Teaching will happen in 2 blocks. The teaching sessions will be in the form of lectures, discussions and role-plays. Between the 2 sessions students will be asked to read some literature and to keep a well-being diary.
- Assessment methods
- To pass the course students will need to: 1. Attend the sessions and participate in them actively (30 points) 2. Keep a diary between the sessions (20 points) 3. Write an extended essay on a chosen topic or create an online poster showing information they have learned in the course (50 points)
- Language of instruction
- English
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět bude realizován, pokud se přihlásí alespoň 15 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin ve 2 blocích.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
- Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/ped/spring2024/AJ5423