Job Stress and Teachers’ Coping Strategies in Nigerian Schools

S. '. Subair, A. Oluwaseun, M. Aliyu
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Stress is a natural part of everyday living thus, individuals experience varying levels of stress within and outside the work place but when in excess, stress results in loss of productivity. This study therefore examined whether Nigerian teachers experience stress on their job, assessed the extent to which stress affects their productivity and examined their coping strategies. These were with a view to providing information on level of job stress among Nigerian teachers, issues associated with it and the need to minimize job stress among teachers. The study adopted descriptive survey research method. The population for the study was 6,982 while 270 teachers purposively selected constituted the sample frame. A self-designed instrument: Job Stress and Teachers’ Coping Strategies Questionnaire (JSCS-Q) was used for data collection with percentage to answer the research questions. The results showed that having to teach very large classes (92.2%), marking and recording for all the students in such classes (88.1%) constituted stress for teachers. Others include; gross inadequate instructional materials (93.3%), poor conditions of service (87.5%), heavy workload (83.7%), students’ indiscipline and people’s attitude towards teachers (80.4%). Consequently, all of these caused Nigerian teachers’ productivity to be affected to a very large extent. Also, Nigerian teachers had to cope by chatting with colleagues (82.6%), physical exercising (78.9%), relaxation and behavioural modifications (72.2%) and (71.1%) respectively. This study concluded that teaching job has stress and teachers devise coping strategies themselves.
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尼日利亚学校的工作压力与教师应对策略
压力是日常生活的自然组成部分,因此,个人在工作场所内外都会经历不同程度的压力,但当压力过大时,会导致生产力下降。因此,这项研究考察了尼日利亚教师是否在工作中遇到压力,评估了压力对他们生产力的影响程度,并考察了他们的应对策略。这些是为了提供有关尼日利亚教师工作压力水平、相关问题以及尽量减少教师工作压力的必要性的信息。本研究采用描述性调查研究方法。这项研究的人群为6982人,而有意选择的270名教师构成了样本框架。采用自行设计的《工作压力与教师应对策略问卷》(JSCS-Q)对研究问题进行百分比数据收集。结果显示,必须教授非常大的班级(92.2%),对这些班级的所有学生(88.1%)进行评分和录音对教师来说是一种压力。其他包括:;教学材料严重不足(93.3%)、服务条件差(87.5%)、工作量大(83.7%)、学生不守纪律和人们对教师的态度(80.4%)。因此,所有这些都在很大程度上影响了尼日利亚教师的生产力。此外,尼日利亚教师必须通过与同事聊天(82.6%)、体育锻炼(78.9%)、放松和行为改变(72.2%)和(71.1%)来应对。本研究的结论是,教学工作有压力,教师自己制定应对策略。
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