Teachers in socially disadvantaged shools : is the picture really that dark ?

What is it about?

As a human service profession, teaching presents specific risk factors that could be intensified in socially disadvantaged schools. To date, some studies investigated the impact of school socioeconomic status on children’s health and well-being but very few on teachers’ one, although the latter is crucial to ensure service quality. We were able to investigate this issue, for the first time in France, by specifically studying in what extent teaching in socially disadvantaged schools was associated with teachers’ well-being. Contrary to our expectations, we did not observe strong differences of work-related and overall well-being between teachers in socially disadvantaged areas and other teachers.

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Photo by Hennie Stander on Unsplash

Photo by Hennie Stander on Unsplash

Why is it important?

Our results point to a specific ‘emotional resilience’ capacity of teachers in socially disadvantaged schools, but suggest also a latent negative influence on their personal quality of life, at least among primary school teachers, that needs to be further examined in other studies.

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