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* '''Cognitive well-being''' | * '''Cognitive well-being''' | ||
** The set of skills and abilities that teachers need to work effectively | ** The set of skills and abilities that teachers need to work effectively | ||
** Equivalent to | ** Equivalent to cognitive weariness (Van Horn, 2010) | ||
** Relates to teachers' sense of self-efficacy (in classroom management, in instruction, in student engagement | ** Relates to teachers' sense of self-efficacy (a) in classroom management, (b) in instruction, (c) in student engagement | ||
*** <u>Two indicators of cognitive well-being</u> | ***<u>Two indicators of cognitive well-being</u> | ||
**** Capacity to concentrate at work | **** Capacity to concentrate at work | ||
**** Self-efficacy | **** Self-efficacy | ||
* Subjective well-being | * '''Subjective well-being''' | ||
** <u>Three elements</u> | |||
*** Life/job satisfaction | |||
*** Positive affect (happiness, joy, contentment) | |||
*** Eudemonia (sense of meaning, purposefulness, goals in life, sense of directness, mindfulness, good psychological functioning, full potential) | |||
* Physical and mental well-being | * Physical and mental well-being | ||
* Social well-being | * Social well-being |
Revision as of 13:47, 2 April 2023
This page is under construction. Author: Gaëlle Molinari
Here a summary of "teachers’ well-being: A framework for data collection and analysis"
Context
- High expectations of the teachers' skills
- Changes in their activity (diversity, more administration, less autonomy)
- Stressful working conditions that might affect the quality of instruction and practices, motivation, self-efficacy and job commitment
- Teacher attribution, an internationally recognized problem
- Lower level of attractiveness of the teaching profession
- Growing teacher shortages
- Higher workload for teachers who are currently working
- Lack of resources causing dissatisfaction
Teachers' well-being
- In this context, occupational well-being as a growing issue to better understand current challenges of the teaching profession
- There is a need to better understand the relationship between working condition, well-being, and quality of instruction
- Empirical evidence on the definition of teachers’ well-being and how to measure it is limited (McCallum et al., 2017)
Four key components
- Cognitive well-being
- The set of skills and abilities that teachers need to work effectively
- Equivalent to cognitive weariness (Van Horn, 2010)
- Relates to teachers' sense of self-efficacy (a) in classroom management, (b) in instruction, (c) in student engagement
- Two indicators of cognitive well-being
- Capacity to concentrate at work
- Self-efficacy
- Two indicators of cognitive well-being
- Subjective well-being
- Three elements
- Life/job satisfaction
- Positive affect (happiness, joy, contentment)
- Eudemonia (sense of meaning, purposefulness, goals in life, sense of directness, mindfulness, good psychological functioning, full potential)
- Three elements
- Physical and mental well-being
- Social well-being
International Summit of the Teaching Profession