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Understanding what makes some schools stressful places to work
By Blog Editor, IOE Digital, on 15 November 2022
How is school accountability linked to teacher stress?
By Blog Editor, IOE Digital, on 18 March 2021
It is no secret that many in education dislike certain aspects of England’s school accountability system. Indeed, accountability is often blamed for causing high levels of stress among the teacher workforce.
Yet we know surprisingly little about the link between accountability and teacher wellbeing.
This blogpost – based upon a new research paper I am publishing with colleagues today – looks at international evidence on this issue from TALIS 2018. (TALIS is the OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey). This work is part of a Nuffield Foundation-funded research conducted into teacher health and wellbeing.
Do high accountability school systems have teachers who are more stressed about this aspect of their job?
As part of TALIS, teachers were asked how much stress was caused by different aspects of their job. This (more…)
