Teaching Competencies of High School Teachers in Relation to Their Professional Burnout ##plugins.themes.bootstrap3.article.main## Abstract This study intends to discover the relationship between Teaching Competencies and Professional Burnout of high school teachers in Puducherry region. The survey was conducted on 250 High school teachers. Normative survey method was adopted to collect the data using a simple random sampling technique. Results revealed that there is a positive relationship between Teaching Competencies and Professional Burnout ofhigh school teachers. Further, significant differences were observed in sub-variables Gender, Locality, Medium of Instruction with regard to Professional Burnout. Mean values revealed that Co-ed Schools performed better than pure Boys and Girls Schools. References Bas, G. (2012). Burnout in elementary students: An evaluation with respect to some variables. Journal of European Education, 2(2), 31-46. Capri, B. (2012). Investigation of pre-service teachers' attitudes towards teaching and professional self-efficacy beliefs according to their gender, programs, and faculties. İnönü University Faculty of Education Journal, 9 (15), 33-53. Hasan, A. (2015). Research on the Burnout and the Teaching Profession Attitudes of Teacher Candidates. Journal of Education and Training Studies 3(2). Hooper, M.L.(1983). The Relationship between Selected Demographic Variables, Job Satisfaction, and Teacher Burnout. Dissertation Abstract Int. 43 (7), 2163. Ross, R. R., Altmaier, E. M. & Russell, D.W.(1989) Job Stress, Social Support, and Burnout among Counseling Center Staff. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 36 (4), 464-470. Srivastava, P. K. (1980) The Relationship between Frustration and Teaching Efficiency. Survey of Research in Education (ed.)Buch, M. B. Baroda, 849. Download Article Download PDF Submission Details Published: 2019-12-31 Issue: Volume - 5 (2019) Section: Article Authors Dr. G. Kumaravelu Author Biography Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Education Pondicherry UniversityPuducherry Keywords Teaching competencies, High school teachers, Professional burnout
