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Exploring key predictors of teacher wellbeing, job satisfaction and burnout: Building a broader conceptualisation of teacher resilience
Date: 2026
Author/s: Ainsworth, S., Adamson, C. and Oldfield, J
Keywords: individual factors; contextual factors; wellbeing; job satisfaction; burnout; school culture

Summary:

This research article uses a social-ecological approach to examining teacher resilience, focusing on multiple individual and contextual factors that were found to contribute to wellbeing, job satisfaction and burnout. It uses survey data from nearly 3,000 teachers. It found that teacher well-being was mostly associated with individual factors such as self-care, while job satisfaction and burnout were mostly associated with contextual level factors, such as school culture. The research calls for a balanced, multidimensional approach to understanding teacher wellbeing and to the kinds of interventions that can improve it.

Reference: Ainsworth, S., Adamson, C. and Oldfield, J. (2026). Exploring key predictors of teacher wellbeing, job satisfaction and burnout: Building a broader conceptualisation of teacher resilience. Review of Education, 14 (2)
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