Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: doi:10.22028/D291-35248
Title: Changes in Teacher Burnout and Self-Efficacy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Interrelations and e-Learning Variables Related to Change
Author(s): Weißenfels, Marie
Klopp, Eric
Perels, Franziska
Language: English
Title: Frontiers in Education
Volume: 6
Publisher/Platform: Frontiers in Education
Year of Publication: 2022
Free key words: burnout
self-efficacy
latent changes
COVID-19
in-service teachers
DDC notations: 370 Education
Publikation type: Journal Article
Abstract: Although the reciprocal relationship of teacher burnout and teacher self-efficacy (TSE) is well documented, the literature still lacks studies investigating their (latent) changes and interrelations of change over time. By applying a latent change regression model in our study, we aimed to contribute to this research gap by examining changes in burnout and their relations to changes in TSE during the COVID-19 pandemic—a very challenging time for teachers. As the implementation of digital learning material played a major role during the pandemic, we were also interested if attitudes and self-efficacy toward e-Learning were related to changes in burnout and TSE. Our sample consisted of 92 German inservice teachers who completed a questionnaire twice during the 2019–2020 school year. Our main findings are that the burnout components depersonalization and lack of accomplishment significantly increased from the pre- to post-COVID-19 outbreak, whereas emotional exhaustion did not. Changes in burnout were negatively correlated to changes in TSE, but we found little evidence for relations of change in burnout and TSE with variables concerning e-Learning. Our findings indicate that the challenge was not the work overload but rather a lack of resources. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
DOI of the first publication: 10.3389/feduc.2021.736992
URL of the first publication: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.736992
Link to this record: urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-352480
hdl:20.500.11880/32176
http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-35248
ISSN: 2504-284X
Date of registration: 12-Jan-2022
Faculty: HW - Fakultät für Empirische Humanwissenschaften und Wirtschaftswissenschaft
Department: HW - Bildungswissenschaften
Professorship: HW - Prof. Dr. Franziska Perels
HW - Prof. Dr. Robin Stark
Collections:SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes

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