The purpose of this study was to explore the special education teachers' level of
burnout that need to be reduced to increase the job satisfaction, compared to that of
general education teachers. A total of 194 elementary school teachers including 53
special education and 141 general education teachers participated in this study.
Teachers' burnout were measured into three dimensions including emotional
exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment. According to the
key findings, at first, there were no significant differences between two teacher groups
in overall level of burnout and job satisfaction. Based the path analysis, job demands
impacted on the burnout differently between two groups. The perceived job demands
of special education teachers impacted on the only depersonalization at .10 significant
level. Teachers' experience influenced on depersonalization, as more teaching
experiences, they perceived less depersonalized. The reduced personal accomplishment
impacted on teachers' job satisfaction most negatively.