Research on the Causes and Countermeasures of Professional Stress of Kindergarten Teachers: Survey from a Kindergarten in Guiyang City

Authors

  • Man Gu
  • Jianmin Tian
  • Xingmeng Yang
  • Dan Wang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/1feyd690

Keywords:

Preschool Teachers, Occupational Stress, Current Situation, Strategy

Abstract

The professional pressure of preschool teachers refers to all kinds of negative emotional expriences generated by preschool teachers in the special educational environment of preschool education,including all negative emotional experiences caused by society, kindergarten, teachers themselves and parents. This thesis takes some preschool teachers of kindergarten X in Guiyang City as the research object, and investigates some kindergarten teachers of kindergarten X in Guiyang City through the Questionnaire on the Current Situation of Occupational Stress of Preschool Teachers, and interviews the preschool teachers of the kindergarten through the interview outline, the research results show that most of the preschool teachers of the kindergarten have high occupational stress or overload; the occupational stress of preschool teachers mainly comes from the preschool teachers themselves, the study concluded that in order to alleviate the professional pressure of preschool teachers.First of all, preschool teachers should correctly understand and cope with occupational stress; secondly, kindergartens should provide a harmonious working atmosphere for preschool teachers; finally, society should strengthen its concern and support for preschool teachers.

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23 October 2024

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Gu, M., Tian, J., Yang, X., & Wang, D. (2024). Research on the Causes and Countermeasures of Professional Stress of Kindergarten Teachers: Survey from a Kindergarten in Guiyang City. International Journal of Education and Humanities, 16(3), 204-210. https://doi.org/10.54097/1feyd690