TITLE:
Emotional Reactions and Burnout of Instructors Teaching Wards with Exceptional Needs in Inclusive Schools in Offinso Municipality: Moderating Roles of Coping Mechanisms
AUTHORS:
Ruth Annan-Brew, Jonathan Kwame Mensah, Edward Kofi Ntim, Justice Dadzie, Ivy Ama Kpodoe, Vida Adjeley Akai-Tetteh, Daniel Kweku Anhwere, Kyei Anane Ampofo
KEYWORDS:
Emotional Reactions, Burnout of Instructors, Learners with Diverse Needs, Coping Mechanisms and Inclusive Schools
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.14 No.3,
March
21,
2023
ABSTRACT: This investigation aimed to investigate the emotional reactions and burnout experienced by instructors who taught wards having some exceptional needs and students who are placed in the inclusive institutions located in the Offinso municipality in Offinso municipality: the moderating effects played bycoping methods. For the purpose of providing a full analysis of the researchproblem, the investigation took a descriptive survey technique and collected quantitative data. The population of Offinso Municipality was 1155, and a sample of 219 instructors was taken from that population using several sampling approaches, including simple random sampling, proportionate stratified sampling, and purposive sampling. The replies of the respondents were gathered through the use of a questionnaire. The investigation was successful in achieving three goals. In addition, the educators displayed unsatisfactory feelings or emotional sentiments in their diverse classes. Once more, the findings of the investigation demonstrated educators in inclusive environments as resorting to incorrect copingtechniques in order to deal with their feelings of burnout. One of the recommendations was that educators of pre-service instructors should guide their learners through various adaption tactics so that they can cultivate happyfeelings before they graduate.