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Investigating the stress levels of early childhood, primary and secondary pre-service teachers during teaching practicum
Geng, Gretchen Midford, Richard Buckworth, Jenny
Geng, Gretchen
Midford, Richard
Buckworth, Jenny
Abstract
This study investigated stress levels of pre-service teachers (PSTs) across three categories of teaching context: early childhood, primary and secondary. This paper focused on exploring the stressors in the completion of tasks in teaching practicum in the three categories of teaching context and an awareness of and access to support systems. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and an online questionnaire were used to measure the nature and level of stress. Significant results were found in relation to the school climate and the stress levels of PSTs across the three different teaching contexts. These findings have implications in terms of understanding different PSTsí stress levels across the three teaching contexts and ways they could be supported to reduce their stress level and achieve better study outcomes.
Keywords
pre-service teachers, stress levels, teaching practicum, school climate, teaching context
Date
2015
Type
Journal article
Journal
Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
Book
Volume
17
Issue
1
Page Range
35-47
Article Number
ACU Department
School of Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
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Open