TY  - THES
KW  - A STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN CHINESE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KINTA DISTRICT (PERAK) MALAYSIA
M1  - masters
N2  - The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher stress, identify the major sources of stress and determine if there are any significant differences between gender and teaching experience with the levels of reported stress. This study employed the survey approach involving 102 English Language teachers in seven Chinese secondary schools in Kinta District. The ELTSI used, as instrument in this study was an adaptation of Vickneasvari's (1997) questionnaire on Science Teacher Stress Inventory. Data collected was analyzed using frequency counts, percentages and t-tests. Results revealed that 43.2 percent of English Language teachers rated their jobs as either being very stressful or extremely stressful. The ten major overall sources of stress identified were compared with gender and teaching experience. Results revealed that though the major stressors were almost identical, each group perceived the stressors at different levels of intensity. T'-test results revealed that there was significant difference for the ELTSI subscale of "Administrative procedure" for the demographic variable of teaching experience. There was however no significant difference between the independent variables of gender and teaching experience for the overall sample of the study with the ELTS subscales. Statistical significant difference was established between gender and ELTSI stressors for 'Poor attitude of students towards English Language lessons", "Not enough time to complete lesson preparation and mark exercises and work books" and "Failure of students to do homework" Finally, the findings also revealed that three stressors were significant related to the independent variable of teaching experience. There were "Students making noise and refusing to pay attention when teacher is teaching in class", "Having to teach students who are not motivated to learn English Language" and "Lack of incentives and rewards for hardwork".
EP  - 117
ID  - iab_repo722
TI  - A STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL STRESS AMONG ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN CHINESE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KINTA DISTRICT (PERAK) MALAYSIA
AV  - public
PB  - International Islamic University Malaysia
A1  - Armanathan Nair, Sankaran Nair
UR  - http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/722/
Y1  - 2000/11//
ER  -