El Síndrome de Burnout y sus posibles efectos en la labor de los docentes de educación inicial de la zona 8 Distrito 6 de la ciudad de Guayaquil

Abstract

This investigation seeks to determine the existence and the possible effects of the burnout syndrome in teachers of the initial level of the zone 8, 6th district in Ecuador. Through the following study it shows great features of educational conditions of the district. Subsequently, they explain the causes, symptoms and possible consequences of burnout syndrome among the selected population. In the present study, questionnaires were made to teachers in initial level of the educational institutions, “fiscales, fiscomisionales, fiscomunicipales and particulares” in the zone 8, 6th district Bellavista sector – Mapasingue industrial sector, in order to determine levels of burnout and describe the influence of burnout on the school social climate of the classroom and the pedagogical management of teachers. Quantitative study with a non-experimental design was performed. Information obtained from questionnaires CES School Social Climate adapted to the Ecuadorian context (Moos and Trickett, 1993) was analyzed; Self-Assessment on Teacher Management (ECM, 2011); and Maslach Burnout Inventory (1997); the sample was of 92 teachers. The results show that teachers are experiencing exhaustion and depersonalization, the level of educational management and school social climate in the classroom are not affected by burnout, but it tends to have a negative effect on the exercise of the functions of the teacher and this is reflected in interpersonal relationships with students.