FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITY LECTURERS’ BURNOUT IN ONLINE EMERGENCY CLASSROOMS AMIDST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 24 Sayı: 2, 64 - 92, 01.04.2023

Thuan Minh Hoang Nguyen Thu Hoai Thi Do Quang Nhat Nguyen

https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.1020442

Öz

This large-scale study aimed to investigate the impacts of underlying factors on lecturers’ burnout in emergency online classrooms during the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study attracted the participation of 399 lecturers who are conducting online emergency classrooms from 30 universities and colleges across Vietnam. Data analyses with EFA, CFA, and SEM indicated that such factors as support resources, anxiety towards emergency online teaching and Coronavirus, lecturer’s technological and pedagogical content, and knowledge significantly impacted their burnout levels. In contrast, no significant difference in burnout states was found between lecturers with different demographic features, including different genders and their residence. The results from this study also suggested critical pedagogical implications for higher education leaders and administrators to prepare emergency online classes for sustained education in times of crisis.

Anahtar Kelimeler

administrative support, Covid-19, anxiety, burnout, collegial support, emergency online classes, TPACK

Teşekkür

The authors would like to express our gratitude towards Ms. Linh N. Pham, HQT Education, Ltd., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for her efforts to assist us in the proofreading process of this article.

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