The investigation of the biology teachers occupational burnout levels according to some variables

The aim of this study is to determine the burnout, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduced personal accomplishment levels and the reveal how burnout level differs from the aspects of personal and occupational variables of 113 individual biology teachers. For this reason 50 male and 63 female teachers were responded questionnarrie who were employed in Diyarbakır City secondary schools.This study is a descriptive, quantitive and evaluatory research of the existing status. Research is conducted on the data collected from questionnaire that involves personal and occupational information and Maslach Burnout Inventory. Data were evaluated in SPSS 15.00 software with frequency, percentage, arithmetical mean, independent groups t-test, one way variance analyse and Tukey HSD test techniques.The results of the study indicate that biology teachers burnout levels are low in the aspects of emotional exhaustion, depersonilazation and reduced personal accomplishment.It is determined that age, gender, marital status, graduation level, occupational experience, type of school education, mean student number in class, the socio-economic level of the school area do not effect emotional exhaustion, depersonilazation and reduced personal accomplishment levels.Biology teachers emotional exhaustion, depersonilazation and reduced personal accomplishment levels are positively effected from appreciation of seniors, evaluation of their occupational efficiency, willingness of occupation and moral satisfaction. On the contrary, biology teachers can be effected negatively.It is indicated that the sufficiency of the biology laboratories do not effect depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment but effects emotional exhaustion levels. Higher emotional exhaustion levels are determined in the teachers with insufficient laboratory conditions.It is determined that although the negative effects of YGS and LYS on education, do not effect depersonalization and reduced personal accomplishment, they effect emotional exhaustion. Emotional exhaustion levels are higher in the group who claimed that YGS and LYS effects the education.