Demoralized : why teachers leave the profession they love and how they can stay / Doris A. Santoro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santoro, Doris A., author.

Contributor:

Kathryn Faul and Joseph A. Wallace Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teacher morale--United States.

Teacher morale.

Teacher turnover--United States.

Teacher turnover.

Teachers--Job satisfaction--United States.

Teachers.

Teachers--Job satisfaction.

Teachers--Professional ethics.

Teachers--Job stress.

United States.

Teachers--Job stress--United States.

School environment--United States.

School environment.

Teachers--Professional ethics--United States.

Teachers--Training of--United States.

Teachers--Training of.

Physical Description:

xiii, 208 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2018]

Summary:

Doris Santoro theorizes the existence of a "moral center" that can be pivotal in guiding demoralized teachers and teacher actions and expectations on the job -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. " We have been taken away from our own reward": the moral sources of teacher dissatisfaction

2. "We should all be so embarrassed": distinguishing demoralization from burnout

3. "They're suffering and they're struggling": sources of demoralization: causing harm to students

4. "I'm admitting to being disingenuous in my craft": sources of demoralization: degrading the profession

5. "I can't be that kind of teacher": re-moralizing strategies for career longevity

6. School leaders: sources of demoralization and re-moralization

7. Teacher unions: sources of demoralization and re-moralization

8. Harnessing the power of re-moralization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kathryn Faul and Joseph A. Wallace Fund.

ISBN:

9781682531327

1682531325

9781682531334

1682531333

OCLC:

1013487449

Publisher Number:

99975858417