Stress, resilience, and creativity of teachers

Abstract

The article makes a foray into the specialized literature of recent years regarding stress, resilience, and creativity in general but also with reference to teaching staff. The high stress to which teachers are subjected throughout their careers can sometimes even lead to the phenomenon of burnout. The level of resilience of teaching staff is important. It is related to the level of stress, the latter being a trigger for resilient behavior. Creativity is a component of personality and a necessary characteristic in the activity of teaching staff that can be involved in resilient behavior. The research brings new elements about the levels of stress, resilience and creativity encountered in teachers working in mainstream and special education and was carried out after the period of the COVID-19 pandemic.