Exploring Greek EFL Teachers’ Resilience

Authors

  • Christina Stavraki Hellenic Open University
  • Evangelia Karagianni Hellenic Open University

Keywords:

resilience, Greek EFL teachers, Teacher Resilience Scale, protective factors, risk factors

Abstract

This paper explores the resilience exhibited by 169 Greek English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers. A quantitative approach was employed to examine Greek EFL teachers’ resilience in relation to demographic, occupational and school/class characteristics. Data were collected by means of the Teacher Resilience Scale (Daniilidou & Platsidou, 2018). The demographic, occupational and school/class characteristics of the participants were related to a number of specific facets of resilience including social skills, peer support, and persistence among others. The results in the majority of the parameters examined suggests that EFL teachers’ resilience is not affected by demographic, occupational and school/class characteristics. We suggest that the findings of this research can be used to inform the development of targeted interventions towards sustaining and building up EFL teachers’ resilience.

Published

2020-06-26 — Updated on 2020-09-16

How to Cite

Stavraki, C., & Karagianni, E. . (2020). Exploring Greek EFL Teachers’ Resilience. The Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning, 2(1), 142-179. Retrieved from https://www.jpll.org/index.php/journal/article/view/stavraki_karagianni

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Section

Research Articles