Teacherburnoutandstudentstressmaybelinked,accordingtoaUniversityofBritishColumbiastudy.Thestudyisthefirstofitskindtoexaminetheconnectionbetweenteacherburnoutandstudents'cortisollevels,whichareabiologicalindicator1ofstress.Researcherscollectedsaliva2samplesfromover400elementaryschoolchildrenandtestedtheircortisollevels.Theyfoundthatinclassroomsinwhichteachersexperiencedmoreburnout,orfeelingsofemotionalexhaustion3,students'cortisollevelswereelevated.Highercortisollevelsinelementaryschoolchildrenhavebeenlinkedtolearningdifficultiesaswellasmentalhealthproblems."Thissuggeststhatstresscontagion4mightbetakingplaceintheclassroomamongstudentsandtheirteachers,"saidEvaOberle,thestudy'sleadauthorandnewlyappointedassistantprofessorwiththeHumanEarlyLearningPartnership5(HELP)atUBC'sschoolofpopulationandpublichealth."Itisunknownwhatcamefirst-elevatedcortisolorteacherburnout.Weconsidertheconnectionbetweenstudentandteacherstressacyclicalproblemintheclassroom."Oberlesaidastressfulclassroomclimatecouldbearesultofinadequate6supportforteachers,whichmayimpactteachers'abilitytoeffectivelymanagetheirstudents.Apoorlymanagedclassroomcancontributetostudents'needsnotbeingmetandincreasingstress.Thiscouldbereflectedinelevatedcortisollevelsinstudents.Alternatively,stresscouldoriginatefromstudents,whomaybemorechallengingtoteachbecauseofincreasesinanxiety,behaviouralproblems,orspecialneeds.Inthisscenario7,teacherscouldfeeloverwhelmedandreporthigherlevelsofburnout."Ourstudyisareminder8ofthesystemicissuesfacingteachersandeducatorsasclassroomsizesincreaseandsupportsforteachersarecut,"saidOberle."Itisclearfromanumberofrecentresearchstudiesthatteachingisoneofthemoststressfulprofessions,andthatteachersneedadequateresourcesandsupportintheirjobsinordertobattleburnoutandalleviate9stressintheclassroom,"saidUBCeducationprofessorKimberlySchonert-Reichl,thestudy'sco-authoranddirectorofHELP."Ifwedonotsupportteachers,weriskthecollateral10damageofstudents."1

indicator

n.指標(biāo)；指示物，指示者；指示器參考例句：Goldpricesareoftenseenasanindicatorofinflation.黃金價格常常被看作是通貨膨脹的指標(biāo)。Hisleft-handindicatorisflashing.他左手邊的轉(zhuǎn)向燈正在閃亮。2

saliva

n.唾液，口水參考例句：Hewipedadribbleofsalivafromhischin.他擦掉了下巴上的幾滴口水。Salivadribbledfromthebaby'smouth.唾液從嬰兒的嘴里流了出來。3

exhaustion

n.耗盡枯竭，疲憊，筋疲力盡，竭盡，詳盡無遺的論述參考例句：Shesleptthesleepofexhaustion.她因疲勞而酣睡。Hisexhaustionwasobviouswhenhefellasleepstanding.他站著睡著了，顯然是太累了。4

contagion

n.(通過接觸的疾病)傳染；蔓延參考例句：Acontagionoffearsweptthroughthecrowd.一種恐懼感在人群中迅速蔓延開。Theproductcontagioneffecthasnumerousimplicationsformarketingmanagersandretailers.產(chǎn)品傳染效應(yīng)對市場營銷管理者和零售商都有很多的啟示。5

partnership

n.合作關(guān)系，伙伴關(guān)系參考例句：ThecompanyhasgoneintopartnershipwithSwissBankCorporation.這家公司已經(jīng)和瑞士銀行公司建立合作關(guān)系。Martinhastakenhimintogeneralpartnershipinhiscompany.馬丁已讓他成為公司的普通合伙人。6

inadequate

adj.(for,to)不充足的，不適當(dāng)?shù)膮⒖祭洌篢hesupplyisinadequatetomeetthedemand.供不應(yīng)求。Shewasinadequatetothedemandsthatweremadeonher.她還無力滿足對她提出的各項要求。7

scenario

n.劇本，腳本；概要參考例句：Butthebirthscenarioisnotcompletelyaccurate.然而分娩腳本并非完全準(zhǔn)確的。Thisisatotallydifferentscenario.這是完全不同的劇本。8

reminder

n.提醒物，紀(jì)念品；暗示，提示參考例句：Ihavehadanotherreminderfromthelibrary.我又收到圖書館的催還單。Italwaystookafinalremindertogethertopayhershareoftherent.總是得發(fā)給她一份最后催繳通知，她才付應(yīng)該交的房租。9

alleviate

v.減輕，緩和，緩解(痛苦等)參考例句：Thedoctorgaveheraninjectiontoalleviatethepain.醫(yī)生給她注射以減輕疼痛。Nothingcouldalleviatehisdistress.什么都不能減輕他的痛苦。10

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