| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 技術及職業教育研究所 === 98 === The purpose of this study sought to evaluate the extent of the perceived burnout, among the special education administrators in 16 public special education schools national wide. A questionnaire was utilized to gather the data. It contains 30 items of frequency scale and four items of open-ended questions. 235 special education administrators responded to the survey. The sample population included administrators who hold one of the following titles; director/supervisor of special education, assistant director/supervisor of special education and secretary. All have a level of responsibility for teaching children with special needs.
The findings of this study are as follows：
1. Analysis of the data indicated that burnout does exist for special education administrators in Taiwan and this administrative group experienced middle-low level of burnout.
2. The male administrators scored higher than the female administrators.
3. Young administrators with age below 29 years old are at the greatest risk for having burnout, and those who with age over 50 years old are less likely reported.
4. In marital status, unmarried administrator experienced higher score than the married administrator.
5. In areas of certification, administrators who hold bachelor’s degree with major in special education were on the higher account of having burnout, however, those who hold master degree had lower scale.
6. In different administrative departments, the general affairs office reported high score of burnout than any other departments.
7.In current administrative position, assistant director/supervisor has significantly higher scores on burnout than the director/supervisor.
8. length of time in administrative work：Individuals employed in administration for 1 to 3 years experienced the greatest feelings of burnout while those in
administration for over 11 years experienced the least.
9. School districts and location：urban special eduation administrative personnel attributed greater stress than suburban or urual.
10.School size in classes：Burnout on administrative personnel appears to be more prevalent in public special education schools of 13-24 classes. The schools of 1-12 classes are much less reported.
|
|---|
