Defective Decision Making: Beginning Teacher Early Burnout From Catastrophic Career Choices

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Author(s): Unoma B. Comer (National University, USA)and Suki Stone (National University, USA)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 14
Source title: Ethical Problem-Solving and Decision-Making for Positive and Conclusive Outcomes
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Penelope D. Keough (National University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7582-5.ch013

Keywords: Ethics and Social Responsibility / Information Science Reference / Psychology / Social Sciences & Humanities

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Teacher burnout as the result of poor career choice and decision making plagues new teachers in the field of education, as well as special education. This chapter introduces theories of moral development and self-efficacy that explain the thought processes of teachers whose expectations in the field do not match the reality of teacher practice. Therefore, their decision making to enter the field contributes to early teacher burnout. Three case studies are described as examples to understand how the psychology of choice determines the factors that result in burnout. The chapter describes how the teachers' decisions relate to the psychology of moral development theory and self-efficacy theory for their career choice. Their behavior and attitude as a teacher relates to their catastrophic choices. The chapter presents suggestions that teachers can implement to make better decisions for their career choice.

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