An Exploration of Inner City Teachers and the Shutdown Phenomenon : Examining the Difference in Burnout, Shutdown, and the Roles of Cultural Differences and Administrative Support in this Phenomeno

ISBN-13: 9783639153361 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 112 str.

Jan Hogan

Opis

This study began as an attempt to integrate Fine Arts into an Inner City classroom, and spontaneously morphed into something much more powerful...the daily battle to teach children who were being raised in homes riddled with drugs, gang violence, death, and often, imprisoned parents. Is it possible for educators to teach in this environment, fighting a neverending battle, without experiencing Burnout? Is it possible that what the teachers in this study experienced wasn''t Burnout at all, but something much more devastating to a teaching career? This study reveals the new phenomenon of Teacher Shutdown. Although closely related to Burnout, the onset of the Shutdown Phenomenon is almost immediate. The personal and sometimes painful stories of five inner city teachers reveal their greatest contributors of the stressors which led to Shutdown: the lack of administrative support, student violence, the lack of contact with other teachers, and a lack of preparation to deal with this ever changing population during their pre-service teaching.

O autorze

Jan Hogan completed the Doctoral Program at Auburn University,
earning her PhD in Curriculum and Teaching. She has taught
granduate and undergraduate courses at Auburn University
Montgomery since 2001. Her research interests continue to be
teacher shutdown and the teacher''s role in creating
the perfect classroom climate for learning.