"Teaching Practice generated stressors and coping mechanisms among student teachers in Zimbabwe"
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Teaching Practice generated stressors and coping mechanisms among student teachers in Zimbabwe |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | John S Mapfumo; Faculty of Education, Africa University; Zimbabwe |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Natsirayi Chitsiko; Faculty of Education, Africa University; Zimbabwe |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Regis Chireshe; Department of Psychology of Education, University of South Africa, South Africa; South Africa |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | |
| 3. | Subject | Keyword(s) | stress; stress coping mechanisms; student teachers; Teaching Practice; Zimbabwe |
| 4. | Description | Abstract | We sought to establish stressors and coping mechanisms for student teachers on Teaching Practice from a Christian-related university and a government-owned teachers’ college in Zimbabwe. The sample was made up of 77 participants (38 females, 39 males). Thirty-two participants were from the university and 45 were from the teachers’ college. A questionnaire and an interview schedule were used to collect data. Frequencies and percentages were used in quantitative data analysis while qualitative data were thematically analysed. The main stressors revealed were problems with difficult learners, low allowances, heavy workload, and shortage of teaching and learning aids and, to some extent, supervision-related matters and the effect of the protracted industrial action by serving teachers that overlapped with the Teaching Practice period in the study. Most coping strategies were in the form of social-support networks, particularly interactions with family and friends. Student teachers suggested a number of actions to be taken to reduce the related stress. Recommendations are made. doi: 10.15700/saje.v32n2a601 |
| 5. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Education Association of South Africa |
| 6. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 7. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2012-05-03 |
| 8. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 8. | Type | Type | |
| 9. | Format | File format | |
| 10. | Identifier | Universal Resource Indicator | https://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/article/view/601 |
| 11. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | SA Journal of Education; Vol 32, No 2 (2012) |
| 12. | Language | English=en | en |
| 13. | Relation | Supp. Files | |
| 14. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) | |
| 15. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | If the article is accepted for publication, copyright of this article will be vested in the Education Association of South Africa. All articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, unless otherwise stated. |