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Teacher Stress, Its Effects and Management

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Stress is present in our lives wherever we go. Work-related stress, in general and teacher stress in particular, play a significant role in challenging teachers in their everyday activities. If stress is gone un-noticed and mismanaged over a prolonged period of time, it can seriously damage one's life or career ultimately leading to burnout or even worse. Causes of teachers’ stress can come from the fact that teachers teach the unmotivated, they don’t have a say in the teaching process, or lack resources. Symptoms of stress can be physical, psychological or behavioral that can lead the person to some serious and detrimental actions. Teachers need to be able to manage stress with the support of their family members, colleagues and school administrators. They need to set SMART goals, be positive, accept what cannot be changed and be willing to be flexible enough to accept help from others around them.

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  2. English Language Teaching and Learning, Brigham Young University–Hawaii, Laie, HI, USA

    Neil J Anderson

  3. School of Education, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, Chippendale, NSW, Australia

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Abu-Rmaileh, S. (2020). Teacher Stress, Its Effects and Management. In: Coombe, C., Anderson, N.J., Stephenson, L. (eds) Professionalizing Your English Language Teaching. Second Language Learning and Teaching. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34762-8_4

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