Preservice English teachers’ burnout levels and motivations to choose the teaching career

Year 2023, Volume: 12 Issue: 4, 201 - 226, 31.10.2023

Onat Küçük

https://doi.org/10.19128/turje.1205560

Abstract

This study aims to investigate preservice English teachers’ motivations for choosing the teaching career, and their student burnout levels. The correlation between these variables, and the participants’ perspectives about student burnout reasons in English Language Teaching departments were examined. The sample consisted of 466 preservice English teachers at two different state universities in Türkiye. This study adopted a concurrent mixed method study design, and the data were gathered via a questionnaire, an inventory, and a structured interview. The quantitative data were analyzed through descriptive and correlation analyses, while qualitative data were subjected to qualitative content analysis. The findings suggested that the participants’ most frequent motivations for choosing the teaching career were intrinsic motivations, yet their burnout levels were high. The participants’ career motivations correlated negatively with their burnout levels. Participants mostly reported assignments, difficulty of courses, and oral presentations as their burnout reasons. At the end of this paper, the individuals desiring to study ELT were recommended to have strong motivations to study ELT and be aware of its heavy workload.

Keywords

Career motivations, English language teaching, Preservice English teachers, Student burnout, Teaching career

Thanks

I would like to offer my kind and endless gratitude to dear Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çağla Atmaca for her never-ending patience, efforts, academic support and guidance during every phase of the research processes and the writing process.

Hizmet öncesi İngilizce öğretmenlerinin tükenmişlik seviyeleri ve öğretmenlik kariyerini seçme motivasyonları

Abstract

Bu çalışma hizmet öncesi İngilizce öğretmenlerinin öğretmenlik kariyerini seçme motivasyonlarını, tükenmişlik seviyelerini, bu değişkenler arasındaki korelasyonu ve hizmet öncesi İngilizce öğretmenlerinin İngilizce Öğretmenliği (ELT) bölümlerindeki tükenmişlik sebepleri hakkındaki görüşlerini araştırmayı hedeflemektedir. Çalışmanın örneklemi Türkiye’de iki farklı devlet üniversitesinde eğitim görmekte olan 466 hizmet öncesi İngilizce öğretmeninden oluşmaktadır. Çalışmada sayısal ve metinsel verilerin bir anket, bir envanter ve bir yapılandırılmış görüşme enstrümanıyla tek bir oturumda toplandığı eş zamanlı karma yöntem kullanılmıştır. Nicel veriler betimsel analiz ve korelasyon analizi yöntemleriyle, nitel veriler ise nitel içerik analizi yöntemiyle incelenmiştir. Çalışmanın bulguları doğrultusunda katılımcıların en yüksek sıklıkta belirttiği öğretmenlik kariyerini seçme motivasyonlarının içsel motivasyonlar olduğu ve katılımcıların tükenmişlik seviyelerinin yüksek olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Buna ek olarak katılımcıların kariyer motivasyonları ve tükenmişlik seviyeleri arasında negatif korelasyon gözlenmiştir. Hizmet öncesi İngilizce öğretmenleri çoğunlukla ödevleri, derslerin zorluğunu ve sözlü sunumları tükenmişlik sebebi olarak belirtmişlerdir. ELT bölümünü tercih edecek bireylerin bu bölümü seçerken güçlü motivasyonlara sahip olması ve bölümün ağır iş yükünün farkında olmaları önerilmiştir.

Keywords

Kariyer seçme motivasyonları, İngilizce öğretmenliği, Hizmet öncesi İngilizce öğretmenleri, Öğrenci tükenmişliği, Öğretmenlik kariyeri

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