Evaluation of Fatigue at Work in Teachers using Modern Resources in the Classroom

Abstract

The professional of education is exposed to working conditions that were not existing before the use of new technologies in the classroom (projector, interactive whiteboard, computers, modern audio systems, etc.). This study aimed to evaluate the degree of fatigue of teachers who use modern resources in the classroom. Fourteen teachers from a language school participated in this research. They answered to a bipolar fatigue questionnaire indicating how they were fatigued at the end of the workday. The results showed that at the end of the workday 71% of respondents did not indicate impaired productivity, however, due to the resources they use and their posture at the time of the class, they get fatigued, and in specific cases it can be intense. This fact can be observed in the following items: tiredness (29%), visual fatigue (29%), pain in the neck and shoulder muscles (14%), pain in the tights (14%), legs (33%) and feet (43%), and headache (14%).