The Relationship Between the Autonomy of Turkish EFL Teachers and Their Professional Burnout

The aim of this study is to analyze the correlation between teacher autonomy and teacher burnout in a Turkish context. For this study, correlational research design was used, and the data were collected via the Teacher Autonomy Scale by Pearson and Hall (1993) and the Teacher Burnout Scale by Seidm...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sıla Nalbant, Selma Deneme Gençoğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Muhammed Zincirli 2025-06-01
Series:International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ijcer.net/index.php/pub/article/view/609
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850093569530920960
author Sıla Nalbant
Selma Deneme Gençoğlu
author_facet Sıla Nalbant
Selma Deneme Gençoğlu
author_sort Sıla Nalbant
collection DOAJ
description The aim of this study is to analyze the correlation between teacher autonomy and teacher burnout in a Turkish context. For this study, correlational research design was used, and the data were collected via the Teacher Autonomy Scale by Pearson and Hall (1993) and the Teacher Burnout Scale by Seidman and Zager (1986-1987). 100 Turkish EFL teachers who teach at high school level in public or private institutions of the center of Edirne and its districts Uzunköprü, Havsa, İpsala and Keşan were chosen as the sample for the study. The findings displayed that the participants had a low level of teacher autonomy and a moderate level of teacher burnout. The participants had a slightly higher curriculum autonomy than general autonomy. All the subcategories of the Teacher Burnout Scale showed moderate levels of teacher burnout. The highest mean was observed in the attitudes towards students subscale and the lowest mean was observed in the career satisfaction subscale. When it comes to the correlation between teacher autonomy and teacher burnout, the findings revealed that teacher burnout was significantly, inversely and moderately correlated with teacher autonomy. 
format Article
id doaj-art-ae8bb8afa37e4e64965b396e5d3703eb
institution DOAJ
issn 2148-3868
language English
publishDate 2025-06-01
publisher Muhammed Zincirli
record_format Article
series International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research
spelling doaj-art-ae8bb8afa37e4e64965b396e5d3703eb2025-08-20T02:41:52ZengMuhammed ZincirliInternational Journal of Contemporary Educational Research2148-38682025-06-0112210.52380/ijcer.2025.12.2.609The Relationship Between the Autonomy of Turkish EFL Teachers and Their Professional BurnoutSıla Nalbant0Selma Deneme Gençoğlu1Trakya University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of English Language Teaching, Edirne, TürkiyeTrakya University, Faculty of Education, Department of English Language Teaching, Edirne, Türkiye The aim of this study is to analyze the correlation between teacher autonomy and teacher burnout in a Turkish context. For this study, correlational research design was used, and the data were collected via the Teacher Autonomy Scale by Pearson and Hall (1993) and the Teacher Burnout Scale by Seidman and Zager (1986-1987). 100 Turkish EFL teachers who teach at high school level in public or private institutions of the center of Edirne and its districts Uzunköprü, Havsa, İpsala and Keşan were chosen as the sample for the study. The findings displayed that the participants had a low level of teacher autonomy and a moderate level of teacher burnout. The participants had a slightly higher curriculum autonomy than general autonomy. All the subcategories of the Teacher Burnout Scale showed moderate levels of teacher burnout. The highest mean was observed in the attitudes towards students subscale and the lowest mean was observed in the career satisfaction subscale. When it comes to the correlation between teacher autonomy and teacher burnout, the findings revealed that teacher burnout was significantly, inversely and moderately correlated with teacher autonomy.  https://ijcer.net/index.php/pub/article/view/609Teacher autonomyteacher burnoutEFL teachersteacher attitudecorrelational research design
spellingShingle Sıla Nalbant
Selma Deneme Gençoğlu
The Relationship Between the Autonomy of Turkish EFL Teachers and Their Professional Burnout
International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research
Teacher autonomy
teacher burnout
EFL teachers
teacher attitude
correlational research design
title The Relationship Between the Autonomy of Turkish EFL Teachers and Their Professional Burnout
title_full The Relationship Between the Autonomy of Turkish EFL Teachers and Their Professional Burnout
title_fullStr The Relationship Between the Autonomy of Turkish EFL Teachers and Their Professional Burnout
title_full_unstemmed The Relationship Between the Autonomy of Turkish EFL Teachers and Their Professional Burnout
title_short The Relationship Between the Autonomy of Turkish EFL Teachers and Their Professional Burnout
title_sort relationship between the autonomy of turkish efl teachers and their professional burnout
topic Teacher autonomy
teacher burnout
EFL teachers
teacher attitude
correlational research design
url https://ijcer.net/index.php/pub/article/view/609
work_keys_str_mv AT sılanalbant therelationshipbetweentheautonomyofturkisheflteachersandtheirprofessionalburnout
AT selmadenemegencoglu therelationshipbetweentheautonomyofturkisheflteachersandtheirprofessionalburnout
AT sılanalbant relationshipbetweentheautonomyofturkisheflteachersandtheirprofessionalburnout
AT selmadenemegencoglu relationshipbetweentheautonomyofturkisheflteachersandtheirprofessionalburnout