TY - JOUR TI - The Professional Stress of Preschool Education Teachers AU - Smak, Ewa TI - The Professional Stress of Preschool Education Teachers AB - The teacher profession can be rated among professions with high risk of health loss both in the physical (somatic) and mental sense. This is evidenced by statistics on the health assessment of a fairly large teaching community. Numerous structural changes (educational reforms) and an increase in professional expectations towards teachers, especially preschool teachers, have caused a significant increase in the stress experienced by them. This article is devoted to the problem of stress in the professional work of a preschool teacher. The most important factors causing stress reactions, as well as pressures that are the source of stress are identified and discussed in this paper. On their basis, the level of occurrence and circumstances of experiencing school stress are determined. Thirty full-time teachers working in kindergartens in rural and urban environments in the Opolskie Voivodeship were surveyed. VL - 2018 IS - 6 (2018) PY - 2019 SN - 2353-4745 C1 - 2544-0179 SP - 179 EP - 191 DO - 10.4467/25439561LE.18.012.10239 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/labor-et-educatio/artykul/the-professional-stress-of-preschool-education-teachers KW - professional stress; stress level; teacher stressors