The Teachers' Style in Dealing with Individual Differences and Their Relation to Burnout, and Satisfaction with Educational Preparation From Their point of View

Abstract

Research aimed to know how teachers deal with individual   differences in their students and their relation to burnout , depersonalisation and  satisfaction with   educational preparation from their point of view . Differences among them  are  in  terms of   gender, specialization, age, experience , number of training and    development courses they participated in. Research also aimed to  reveal  the relation between emotional exhaustion ,depersonalisation, satisfaction with the educational preparation and teachers’ attitude . The sample consisted of (241) teacher (males , females ),on   which    the researcher applied  (method of dealing with individual differences   criterion) created by the researcher,  emotional exhaustion and   depersonalisation  criterion ( from  Maslach Burnout Inventory ) (translation and arabisation of Awda   1988 ), and detection of    satisfaction with educational preparation criterion  (researcher    preparation) .  The research results  were based on statistical methods:  Chi  square , Pearson correlation coefficient,  T-test , and Levene's  Test for Equality  of Variances. The study showed that the research sample (teachers) adopted  the  method of negligence in dealing with     individual differences, also detected differences according to  specialization, in the benefit of scientific specialty, and experience;     in    the benefit of the less experienced.