In an article of 2015 , making reference to the results of a study undertaken by the Business School of the University of Manchester ranking the most and the least stressful jobs ,I found quite interesting to find teaching too among the top 10 ( while the laboratory related positions placed at the end of the list ha )
Being here such a diverse community of scientists , I thought it would be so nice and such a great opportunity to have the input of as many of us on this topic ! ( and who knows , maybe coming up with new surprising results )
All the best , to all of you , in your respective research areas
Regards ,
Daniela
Here's a link to studies that measure stress of teachers in Science that can be helpful for you:
https://www.researchgate.net/search.Search.html?type=publication&query=%20measuring%20stress%20in%20the%20science%20teaching&previous=publication
Best regards,
Debra
As far as my teaching (for 26 years) goes, the stress was not terrible. It was pleasurable to work with students - no stress there. Stress came from department heads (one did not want me to give "A"s to women!!! - which was 85 % of my students...), & deans (some refused to sign grade sheets for no apparent reason, others waited for 3 months before signing..but some students were missing graduation ceremonies, etc).
Thank you very much for the input , Michael !
Nice to hear your opinion about stress in teaching . As any other profession , it's proved that when there's passion , the stress is minimal .
With the statistics I mentioned , in my case I was very surprised to find Laboratory related jobs mentioned as the least stressful ones ( when my experience as a Clinical Laboratory scientist didn't prove that statement correct at all ! ha ) Thus why my call now for opinions from more and more diverse professions ....
All the best with your research projects
Regards ,
Daniela
Thank you all for wonderful inputs and interesting materials !
( However , it was not the theory or only about teaching what I wanted to know , but personal opinions on stress from different professions ... )
Working in public organizations brings two types of stress: a) ups and downs of available resources; and b) work tools sometimes far from ideal.
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