Teachers' Attitudes Toward Multiculturalism in Relation to General and Diversity-Related Burnout

Authors

Anneke Dubbeld, University of Wollongong
Natascha De Hoog, Open University of The Netherlands
Perry Den Brok, Wageningen University and Research Centre
Maarten F. de Laat, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

128078

Publication Details

Dubbeld, A., De Hoog, N., Den Brok, P. & de Laat, M. F. (2019). Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Multiculturalism in Relation to General and Diversity-Related Burnout. European Education: issues and studies, 51 (1), 16-31.

Abstract

This study focuses on teachers’ general and diversity-related burnout in relation to teachers’ attitudes toward multiculturalism. Results are based on the responses of 120 teachers working at five different urban, ethnically diverse junior vocational high schools in the Netherlands. Analyses indicated that teachers with assimilative attitudes exhibited higher levels of general and diversityrelated burnout, whereas there was no relationship between pluralistic attitudes and burnout. In addition, there were no relationships between teacher background variables and attitude and burnout, besides the finding that native teachers experienced less general burnout, and had less pluralistic attitudes, than nonnative teachers.