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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL BURNOUT LEVELS FOR 10 AND 25 YEARS WORK EXPERIENCE
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There have been some researches and scientific publications on professional burnout for different professions in Latvia, but for special education teachers are just studies based on another countries experience, who cannot give a precise overview on the Latvian special teacher professional burnout level. The aim of the Research is to identify professional burnout, find out the level of professional burnout, special educators, and to find out whether there are differences in the level of burnout for special teachers with 10 and 25 years of work experience in the school. The methods used - Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) [2] [6]. The study included a total 106 special education teachers. 44 teachers with 10 years and 62 teachers with 25 years of working experience in the school. The study found that there is not a difference of professional burnout level for special teachers with 10 years and 25 years of experience. Such professional burnout factors as work experience, education, age, staff turnover and personal factors are interrelated, affecting each other.
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