Teacher's Mental Health: A Descriptive Study of Subject Specialist Teachers at Higher Secondary Level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

Ruh sağlığı, bir kişinin günlük zorluklarla başa çıkma yeteneğidir. Öğretmenin ruh sağlığı, etkili öğretimin yolunda engel rolü oynayabilecek en önemli faktörlerden biridir. Bu bağlamda, Ortaokul düzeyindeki kadın ve erkek branş öğretmenleri arasında ruh sağlığını araştırmak için betimsel bir araştırma yapılmıştır. Bu nedenle, hem erkek (79) hem de kadın (62) olmak üzere 141 konu uzmanından oluşan örneklem, orantılı tabakalı rastgele örnekleme tekniği ile Peşaver ilçesinin 35 Yüksek Ortaokulundan seçilmiştir. Verilerin toplanması için standart bir Ruh sağlığı kontrol listesi kullanıldı. Araştırmanın bulguları, hem erkek hem de kadın öğretmenlerin nadiren zihinsel ve fiziksel sorunlar yaşadığını ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca, her iki grup da daha iyi zihinsel sağlığa sahipti. Ancak erkek ve kadın öğretmenlerin ruh sağlıkları arasında anlamlı bir fark yoktur. Araştırmanın bulgularına göre bazı önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Keywords

• Ruh sağlığı
• somatik problemler
• zihinsel problemler
• fiziksel problemler
• Lise öğretmenleri
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Pakistan

Teacher's Mental Health: A Descriptive Study of Subject Specialist Teachers at Higher Secondary Level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

Mental health is the ability of a person to deal with daily challenges. Mental health of teacher is one of the key factors that can play a role of barrier in path of effective teaching. In this regard, a descriptive research was conducted to explore the mental health among male and female subject specialist teachers at Higher Secondary School level. Therefore, sample of 141 subject specialists, both male (79) and female (62), were selected from 35 Higher Secondary Schools of district Peshawar through proportionate stratified random sampling technique. A standardized Mental health checklist was used for the collection of data. The findings of the study revealed that both male and female teachers rarely suffer from mental problems and physical problems. Also, both the groups possessed better mental health. However, there is no significant difference between mental health of male and female teachers. According to findings of the study some recommendations are suggested.

Keywords

• Mental health
• somatic problems
• mental problems
• physical problems
• Higher Secondary School teachers
• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Pakistan

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