Why Are Teachers So Stressed? A Cross-National Comparison of 44 Countries

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Twelve
  In Roundtable Session: Teachers' Experiences and Journeys of Stress (Table 1)

Abstract

Despite the concern over teacher stress and mental health and increasing attrition rate especially after the global COVID pandemic, little is known about how the stress level and sources of stress among teachers in the U.S. and other countries. Using the nationally representative teacher survey data from the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) administered in 2018 in 44 countries around the globe, we found the significant levels of stress and negative job impacts on mental and physical health among teachers. The most common sources of job-related stress were accountability pressures, grading workload, and administrative workload.

Authors

• Motoko Akiba, Florida State University
  Presenting Author

• Kyeongwon Kim, Florida State University
  Presenting Author

• Xiaonan Jiang, Florida State University
  Presenting Author