Teachers’ Workplace and Personal Wellness:

Kruger, Erika; Jacobs, Lynette

doi:10.2307/j.ctvpb3xhh.16

“…This study builds on two previous investigations of teacher well-being in South Africa The first of the two studies (Kruger & Jacobs, 2019) examine the articulation of South African legislation and policies pertaining to employee wellbeing, and teacher well-being specifically Looking after the welfare of teachers in South Africa has been formalized in an array of legislation and policy documents and is mostly managed by human resources departments on a provincial and district level WWPs are typically presented as EAPs, EWPs and PDIs (Kruger & Jacobs, 2019) The second paper (Kruger, 2019) explores the philosophical underpinnings of teacher well-being, using discourse analysis of two education progress reports These studies show that a clear commitment exists to invest in teachers' personal and professional development but with the narrow, neoliberal aim of supporting them to deliver quality education in service of the national development goal of growing the South African economy (Jacobs & Teise, 2019; Kruger, 2019) Kruger (2019, p 7) concludes that neoliberal approach to employee well-being tend to transfer the employer's obligations of supporting personal and professional well-being to the individual: "As a result, teacher well-being is transformed into teacher self-care, but specified and controlled by the employer " The current study completes the triad by investigating teachers' experience…”

Section: Rationalementioning

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Challenges in Education – Policies, Practice and Research

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Organizing learning activities wherein students could be actively involved in education through investigation can have benefits for professional life in inclusive education This chapter shows the results of research conducted to help first MEd students develop a deeper understanding of the benefits of diversity in special education The study is based upon the Empowerment Education framework of Freire (1970) and it used a mixed intraparadigm research design of Participatory Action Research and Photovoice A class of 37 MEd students trained in using Photovoice accepted to participate in this study They were organized into ten groups, each group receiving a specific theme under the main topic: Diversity in Inclusive Education Data were collected through photos, observations, and interviews Data were analyzed based on participants' photo essay activity The results of Group 3, consisting of four MEd student, are presented in this study under eight themes identified by the participants as (1) relationships, (2) fun school activities, (3) moments of relaxation, (4) behavioral stereotypes in controlled environments, (5) didactic strategies adapted to the needs of children with disabilities, (6) the educational climate based on support in socio-emotional and personal development, (7) educational projects carried out with students with special education needs, and (8) practical activities By having MEd students participate in this Participatory Action Research, the authors aimed to generate a positive change in MEd students' attitudes towards diverse classrooms The Photovoice research design helped to disseminate the results to raise awareness of the local community and decision-making entities

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A national survey on the peritraumatic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on South African teachers: A cross-sectional study

Mayisela,

Tlali,

Mkwananzi

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The effects of COVID-19 have resulted in peritraumatic stress experiences within various groups, including teachers. With this study we aimed to determine the prevalence of peritraumatic stress and the factors associated with each level of PTSD among teachers in South Africa. A cross-sectional study was conducted in South Africa among teachers using an online survey. A sample consisted of a total of 1,008 primary and secondary teachers responded to the COVID-19 peritraumatic distress index and the occupation-specific survey. Descriptive and multinomial logistic regression analyses were used to analyse the data. There was evidence of high levels of distress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic among teaching professionals in South Africa. Therefore, there is a need to create mental health awareness among teaching professionals and to create systems that support the uptake of psychological services among the members of this population.

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Organizing learning activities wherein students could be actively involved in education through investigation can have benefits for professional life in inclusive education This chapter shows the results of research conducted to help first MEd students develop a deeper understanding of the benefits of diversity in special education The study is based upon the Empowerment Education framework of Freire (1970) and it used a mixed intraparadigm research design of Participatory Action Research and Photovoice A class of 37 MEd students trained in using Photovoice accepted to participate in this study They were organized into ten groups, each group receiving a specific theme under the main topic: Diversity in Inclusive Education Data were collected through photos, observations, and interviews Data were analyzed based on participants' photo essay activity The results of Group 3, consisting of four MEd student, are presented in this study under eight themes identified by the participants as (1) relationships, (2) fun school activities, (3) moments of relaxation, (4) behavioral stereotypes in controlled environments, (5) didactic strategies adapted to the needs of children with disabilities, (6) the educational climate based on support in socio-emotional and personal development, (7) educational projects carried out with students with special education needs, and (8) practical activities By having MEd students participate in this Participatory Action Research, the authors aimed to generate a positive change in MEd students' attitudes towards diverse classrooms The Photovoice research design helped to disseminate the results to raise awareness of the local community and decision-making entities

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Teachers’ Workplace and Personal Wellness:

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A national survey on the peritraumatic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on South African teachers: A cross-sectional study

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