Synopses & Reviews
?Without question, Farber's book on teacher burnout is the most comprehensive, analytic, and instructive book on the topic, and I urge the reader to study it.?--Seymour B. Sarason, author, The Predictable Failure of Educational Reform
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-338) and indexes.
Table of Contents
Foreword
1. What Is Burnout?
2. Sources of Teacher Stress and Burnout
3. Symptoms and Types: Worn-Out, Frenetic, and Underchallenged Teachers
4. Idealism and Disillusionment: Who Teaches, Who Leaves, and Why
5. Blaming the Teacher: The Troubling Legacy of the Sixties
6. Through the Looking Glass: How the Media Reflect, Distort, and Influence Our View of Teaching(with Leonard D. Wechsler)
7. The Erosion of Public Respect for Teachers: A Historical View
8. Teaching in an Urban Setting: Stories from the Classroom(with Leonard D. Wechsler)
9. Teaching in Other Contexts: Suburban, Rural, Private, and Special Education Classrooms(with Leonard D. Wechsler)
10. Dealing with Teacher Burnout: Some Solutions and Their Problems