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Meditation and Teacher Stress
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Csaszar, Imre Emeric,Buchanan, Teresa
- 학회/출판사/기관명SOUTHERN EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSOCIATION
- 출판년도2015
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기DIMENSIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
- 발행사항Vol.43No.1[2015]_x000D_
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- 소개/요약Early childhood teachers can be relaxed and peaceful as they create playful and harmonious classrooms, even if they work in stressful contexts. Effective teachers sustain respectful and caring relationships with children and adults (Cooper, 2003; Essa, Taylor, Pratt, & Roberts, 2012; Ray, Lambie & Curry, 2007). However, the stress-ors faced by teachers may lead to negative consequences that can undermine their ability to sustain personal health and positive interactions. Meditation is a tool that can mitigate teacher stress, promote emotional well-being, and contribute to affirming exchanges between teachers and students. Stress is an ordinary part of everyday life for all individuals. Selye in his epic book The Stress of Life (1984) explains that stress is a condition that forces physiological and or psychological burden(s) on a person. Similarly, Lazarus and Folkman, defined stress as: " a particular relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised by the person as taxing or exceeding his or her resources and endangering his or her well-being " (1984, p. 19). Although these definitions are over 30 years old, they still hold true today, particularly as it relates to teachers. Teachers are prone to enormous stress as they face the demands and expectations of students, parents, administrators, local communities and society. Some stressors from a typical day include facilitating appropriate individual student conduct, developing effective individualized curriculum and learning activities that meet the learning needs of children, and amplified workloads associated with increased demands for accountability including high stakes testing. In the absence of positive coping strategies, stress may lead to increasingly negative outcomes; specifically, stress experienced by teachers may lead to emotional exhaustion, a precursor to burnout.
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