首页
登录
职称英语
Stress is driving increasing numbers of teachers out of the profession, with
Stress is driving increasing numbers of teachers out of the profession, with
游客
2023-09-06
32
管理
问题
Stress is driving increasing numbers of teachers out of the profession, with some even considering suicide, a teaching union conference heard on Monday.
Delegates at the National Union of Teachers (NUT) conference in Harrogate heard there had been a "meteoric (迅速的)" rise in work-related stress due to demands to meet government targets.
Research by the Health and Safety Executive in 2000 found teaching to be the most stressful profession, with 41.5% of teachers reporting themselves as "highly stressed".
Sue McMahon, a delegate from Calderdale, West Yorkshire, said: "As a divisional secretary, I have seen a meteoric rise in work-related stress and on more than one occasion have had to support a member who has attempted suicide.
"This ... is due to the demands being placed on our members to hit government targets."
She said a "target tsunami" from government is "sweeping away those [teachers] that you are struggling to support".
The NUT is concerned that an increase in form-filling has driven up teachers’ workloads.
The union passed two resolutions, calling for the union to support victims of work stress and for the Health and Safety Executive to intervene in schools where employers do not carry out assessments of the risk of stress.
Christine Blower, general secretary of the NUT, said: "Despite measures to reduce teachers’ workload, we still have the unacceptable situation of many classroom teachers, heads and deputies working in excess of 50 hours a week. With no limit to the working week, the long hours continue to take their toll on teachers’ health and their lives outside work.
"Much of this time is spent on tasks which have little to do with teaching and learning, but are instead generated by unnecessary bureaucratic procedures which have become the bane (祸根) of teachers’ lives."
Reducing the burden of planning and assessment on teachers would help reduce the workload of school staff, Blower said. "In too many schools, planning and assessment requirements have become formulaic burdens which simply waste teachers’ time."
John Illingworth from Nottingham told delegates the number of stress-related suicides among teachers is "low but significant". "Stress-related illness is widespread, affecting thousands of teachers each year. It is more likely to end a teacher’s career than any other cause," he said.
Peter Harvey — the teacher who was given a community order after beating a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell — warned last year that "lots of teachers are ticking time bombs" because of stress in schools. In an interview, Harvey said: "I know teachers who, because of stress, can’t hold a cup of coffee or are too frightened to cross the road." [br] The author’s chief concern about the current teaching profession is______.
选项
A、the ever-rising cases of suicides
B、the declining number of teachers
C、the inadequate training of the staff
D、the increasing work-related stress
答案
D
解析
根据题干中的teaching profession将本题出处定位到首段。该段开篇点题,指出压力正使越来越多的教师离开工作岗位。后面的段落都是围绕工作压力展开的。由此可知,作者主要关心的是教师职业中不断增加的工作压力问题,故答案为[D]。[A]是对some even considering suicide的过度推测。[B]是针对increasing numbers of teachers out of the profession设的干扰项。[C]在文中未提到。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2989576.html
相关试题推荐
Underpressurefromanimalwelfaregroups,twonationalscienceteachers’a
Underpressurefromanimalwelfaregroups,twonationalscienceteachers’a
Underpressurefromanimalwelfaregroups,twonationalscienceteachers’a
Humorcanreducedistressandunhappiness______(通过营造欢快友好的气氛).bycreatingaple
Awayfromtheirprofession,_____________________(科学家并不天生就比其他人更讲道德).scientists
[originaltext]W:IfIunderstandyoucorrectly,Mr.Savage,youweredrivingwe
[originaltext]W:IfIunderstandyoucorrectly,Mr.Savage,youweredrivingwe
Fourin10teachershavefacedverbalorphysicalaggression(袭击)fromapu
Fourin10teachershavefacedverbalorphysicalaggression(袭击)fromapu
Fourin10teachershavefacedverbalorphysicalaggression(袭击)fromapu
随机试题
【B1】[br]【B5】[audioFiles]audio_eusm_j01_301(20099)[/audioFiles]supervised根据前面w
一、课堂互动步骤: 第一步:【分组+目标任务+时间控制】
近几年来,我国开始对国内20个制造业行业中820家企业的采购经理进行月度问卷调查
幕墙结构的立柱与横梁在风荷载标准值作用下,钢型材的相对挠度不应大于(),绝对挠
下列单位中属于消费税纳税义务人的有()。A、销售木制一次性筷子的商店 B、受
下列各项不属痰证临床表现的是( )。A.咳嗽痰多,痰质黏稠 B.胸脘痞闷,呕
下列不属于体罚学生的情形是()。A.让学生一个生字抄写100遍 B.王某
能用碘化铋钾检识的生物碱有A.乌头碱 B.吗啡 C.次乌头碱 D.小檗碱
根据《标准化法》,关于团体标准的说法,正确的是( )。A.仅供本团体成员约定采
城区A地块因旧城改造拟进行拆迁,房屋拆迁管理部门书面通知有关部门暂停为拆迁范周
最新回复
(
0
)