Pénibilité au travail en milieu scolaire, stratégie de faire face et stratégie de défense chez les enseignants débutants : un autre regard sur les éléments contributifs d’une vulnérabilité au phénomène de décrochage professionnel

Abstract

This article considers the factors that contribute to the psychosocial arduousness of teaching in France, with a focus on preservice teachers and the strategies they deploy during their first year of work. Within the theoretical framework of the social psychology of health and a psychodynamic approach to work, this study offers an original view of the relationship between coping strategies, defense mechanisms and professional attrition. Proposals are made to reduce attrition through the primary prevention of psychosocial risks during the first school assignment via continuing teacher education, in addition to the resources available at the end of initial education at the university

Keywords

• preservice teachers
• coping strategies
• defense mechanisms
• professional attrition
• psychosocial arduousness of teacher’s work