The Relationship between Teachers’ Perceptions of Professional Identity and Teacher Burnout, a Case Study of Teachers in Mashhad

The purpose of the current study was to reply the following questions whether there is any significant correlation between teacher’s identity and teacher burnout. In order to do so, the research was conducted on 65 English high school female teachers in Mashhad. For the purpose of data collection, Professional Identity Questionnaire (Liou, 2008) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (1981) were used with the reliability of 0.89 and 0.92, respectively. After choosing the target participants, both of the questionnaires were given to them and the data of the study was gathered. The study benefited from a correlational design. After analyzing the data, the findings revealed that there was a significance correlation between teacher’s identity and teacher burnout (r= 0.45, p-value= 0.00).

Keywords:

language teachers , teacher identity , teacher burnout