Vasil’eva E.Yu., Nevzorova M.S. Self-Education of a Higher School Teacher as a Way to Prevent Professional Burnout
Elena Yurjevna Vasiljeva, Сandidate of Philological Sciences, Associated Professor of Department of Modern Languages with a Latin Course, Volgograd State Medical University, Sq. Pavshikh Bortsov, 1, 400131, Volgograd, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6586-7209
Maria Sergeevna Nevzorova,Сandidate of Philological Sciences, Associated Professor of Department of Modern Languages with a Latin Course, Volgograd State Medical University, Sq. Pavshikh Bortsov, 1, 400131, Volgograd, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4128-8288
Abstract. Professional activity of a teacher is carried out in the conditions of increased emotional stress, connected with work, relations inside a teaching staff and with administrators of an educational institution that can lead to professional burnout of a specialist. The authors give a generalized characteristic of a teacher's professional burnout. The reasons of professional burnout, to which teachers of a foreign language in the higher education institution can be subjected, are investigated and the ways to prevent this condition are revealed in the article. The main attention in the article is drawn to self-education as one of the effective ways of preventing the emotional stress at the working place. Such types of self-education as situational, situational-initiative and initiative are distinguished and described. The significant role of job approval rating of faculty members in creating a motivational basis for self-education is emphasized. This article is devoted to a detailed analysis of actual ways of self-education, which are available to a modern teacher of higher education. The article reveals features of some educational resources and their potential for prevention of teacher's professional burnout. The article substantiates the idea that self-education promotes the improvement of professional level, personal development, acquisition of additional skills, helps to get approval in a professional team, and also activates creative activity.
Keywords. Professional burnout, prevention of emotional stress, self-education, educational opportunities, teaching a foreign language.
Цитирование. Vasil’eva E.Yu., Nevzorova M.S. Self-Education of a Higher School Teacher as a Way to Prevent Professional Burnout // Artium Magister. - 2023. - Vol. 23. - No 3. - p. 28-34.
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