Work Stress and its Relationship to the Teaching Competencies from the Physical Education Teachers’ Standpoint in the State of Kuwait

Abstract

This study aims to identify the degree of work stress and its relationship to the teaching competencies from the physical education teachers’ standpoint in the State of Kuwait. The study uses a descriptive approach based on the correlational method. The study population consists of all male and female teachers of physical education in public secondary schools in the State of Kuwait. As for the study sample, it consists of (241) male and female teachers of physical education selected by the stratified random method. Data collection is prepared, and the instrument validity is verified through the validators' validity and the internal consistency, and the instrument reliability is also verified using the Cronbach’s alpha formula.

The results show that the degree of work stress for physical education teachers in the State of Kuwait in all dimensions is in the medium degree except for the dimension of “Stresses related to the educational supervisor” which is in the high degree. The results also show that the degree of physical education teachers’ practice of the teaching competencies in the State of Kuwait in all dimensions is in the high degree, except for the "Assessment competencies of educational outcomes" which is in the medium degree. The results also show that there are negative, weak or very weak correlations between the degree of work stress and its various dimensions on the one hand, and the degree of practicing teaching competencies and their dimensions on the other hand.

The study recommends conducting constantly training courses for physical education teachers with short experience to familiarize them with how to face, address and overcome work stresses, along with the necessity of paying attention of the pedagogical inspectors of physical education to work to raise the practice of physical education teachers to the assessment competencies of educational outcomes.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-4-08

Publication date: February 29^th 2020