International Perspectives on Teacher Stress (Hc)

This book is the latest volume in the Research on Stress and Coping in Education series. Theauthors present original research and current theory regarding the realities of coping with thestresses of teaching. The chapters highlight working conditions for teachers around the globeand the processes and strategies that teachers use to survive and thrive in their daily work withstudents families and educational administrators. Both stress researchers and educationalpolicy makers will find the chapters offer insights into sources of stress for teachers strategiesfor stress prevention and coping and the negative consequences that stress can have on teacherretention. Researchers from Norway Turkey Greece the United States the NetherlandsGermany Russia Italy and China illustrate through a variety of research methods both the centrality of cultural context and thecommonalities of teacher experiences around the world.