Exploring the Relationship Between Teachers Recognition of School Refusal and Teachers Level of Burnout

Lawlor, Dorothy (2023) Exploring the Relationship Between Teachers Recognition of School Refusal and Teachers Level of Burnout. Undergraduate thesis, Dublin, National College of Ireland.

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Abstract

Currently in Ireland between DEIS and Non-DEIS schools 16% of children are lost to early school leaving. It is accepted that most of the 16% of early school leavers would have expressed school refusal behaviour at some point before leaving education. The current retention rate for children attending school is 84.4% according to current figures from the department of education in Ireland. This study explored the relationship between teachers’ recognition of school refusal behaviour in their classroom and teachers’ level of burnout. The overall aim of the current study was to establish, (a) whether a relationship exists between school refusal recognition and teacher burnout, (b) if there is a difference between teachers’ recognition rate of school refusal between DEIS and Non-DEIS schools and, (c) does a teachers’ level of burnout depend on their gender, age, teaching in a DEIS or Non-DEIS school and their total years in teaching. A quantitative approach using a correlation, T-Test and multiple regression were used to analyse all data. It was found that the relationship between a teachers’ recognition of school refusal behaviour in their classroom and a teachers’ level of burnout was not statistically significant. There was no significant difference found in teachers’ recognition of school refusal from teachers teaching in DEIS or Non-DEIS school. Burnout was found to be significant for male teachers teaching within a DEIS school. Teachers recognition of school refusal behaviour in their classroom setting was found to be moderate to high at 59.05%. The implications of this study is that it is now known that school refusal behaviour is recognized in the classroom setting and that male teachers experience burnout working within a DEIS school.

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Supervisors:	Name Email Kracen, Amanda UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Teaching Personnel B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology > Stress (Psychology) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > Urban Sociology
Divisions:	School of Business > BA (Honours) in Psychology
Depositing User:	Tamara Malone
Date Deposited:	02 Jan 2024 17:15
Last Modified:	02 Jan 2024 17:15
URI:	https://norma.ncirl.ie/id/eprint/6898

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