Tag: teacher burnout

In Demoralized: Why Teachers Leave the Profession They Love and How They Can Stay, Doris Santoro tells rich stories of experienced teachers living in the era of accountability, evaluation, and increasing policies, who when seeking advice are often referred to as “burnt out.” Santoro differentiates between burn out and demoralization. Demoralization is not about teachers’

Which are you: burnt-out or demoralized? What’s the difference?  In my American Journal of Education article Good Teaching in Difficult Times: Demoralization in the Pursuit of Good Work*, I render a distinction between the concepts of teacher burnout and teacher demoralization.  Why aren’t these fine-grained and esoteric musings of a philosopher of education?  I believe