Assessment of Academic Burnout among Moroccan trainee Teachers

Abstract

Introduction:Training period is the most important period of the teacher’s career.Doubtlessly, trainee
teachers are exposed by high requires may developed subsequently to academic burnout.
Aim of the study : the objective of this research is to assess the academic burnout levels of trainee teachers
during the training period and measure the internal reliability of the MBI-SS scale and each dimension.
Materials and methods:A cross-sectorial study took place between January and March 2020.Seven
hundred and thirty-nine trainee teachers affiliated to Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Regional Center of Education and
Training(CRMEF) responded to the French version of the MBI-SS instrument.
Results:This sample is divided into 52,5 % Men et 47,5 % Women. The average age is 27,4 ± 4,9 years. The
burnout scores conclude that more than 50% of participants are the moderate to severe levels of emotional
exhaustion and cynism. Moreover, the internal reliability was calculated to test the homogeneity into the
different dimensions.The Cronbach’s alpha value for all items was 0.75.
Conclusion: this preliminary study can be applied to more specific samples in other regional centers