International Association of Educators   |  ISSN: 1308-951X

Original article | International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 2024, Vol. 15(3) 19-33

Post Covid-19 Kindergarten Adaptation and Teachers’ Burnout

Hüseyin Kotaman, Seval Inceoğlu & Büşra Vural Şenel

pp. 19 - 33   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijrte.2024.1066.02   |  Manu. Number: MANU-2410-01-0006

Published online: September 30, 2024  |   Number of Views: 4  |  Number of Download: 20


Abstract

The purpose of the study is to compare impact of school adaptation week (implementation apply by Turkish ministry of education at the beginning of the school year) and acquaintance meeting on kindergarteners’ school adaptation and their teachers’ burnout. Three teachers from both group participated the study. Twenty-six children were in acquaintance meeting group and 42 children were in school adaptation week total of 68 children participated the study. During school registration teachers in acquaintance meeting group gathered data from children’s parents about things that children like. Accordingly, they planned individual acquaintance day for each child in which child and parent attended a week before the school start. One week after the school started teachers’ filled Maslach Burnout Inventory-Educator Survey and Teacher Observation of Classroom Adaptation Checklist (TOCAC). The normality of the quantitative data was tested. Since both the teacher and student data were not normally distributed, the means of the data were compared using non-parametric methods. The qualitative data were analyzed using the phenomenological method, and the themes that emerged from the data were identified. Findings revealed significant differences for emotional exhaustion, personal accomplishment dimensions of teacher burnout and concentration problems and total school adaptation of children’s scores in favor of acquaintance meeting group.

Keywords: school adaptation, young children, teacher burnout, Covid-19


How to Cite this Article?

APA 6th edition
Kotaman, H., Inceoglu, S. & Senel, B.V. (2024). Post Covid-19 Kindergarten Adaptation and Teachers’ Burnout . International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 15(3), 19-33. doi: 10.29329/ijrte.2024.1066.02

Harvard
Kotaman, H., Inceoglu, S. and Senel, B. (2024). Post Covid-19 Kindergarten Adaptation and Teachers’ Burnout . International Journal of Research in Teacher Education, 15(3), pp. 19-33.

Chicago 16th edition
Kotaman, Huseyin, Seval Inceoglu and Busra Vural Senel (2024). "Post Covid-19 Kindergarten Adaptation and Teachers’ Burnout ". International Journal of Research in Teacher Education 15 (3):19-33. doi:10.29329/ijrte.2024.1066.02.