Teacher resilience in public schools in Metropolitan Lima – Peru

Abstract

In the international arena, great challenges and challenges are experienced, in this scenario, populations face adversity and manage to get ahead by overcoming them, thanks to resilience. The objective of this research was to determine the differences that exist in the factors associated with resilience in teachers of public schools in Metropolitan Lima in Peru, according to academic degree, gender and employment status. The research approach was quantitative, non-experimental design, descriptive type, comparative level. The instrument used was the Teacher Resilience Scale (Guerra, 2013), which was reached through a google form, the sample was represented by 384 teachers from these public schools. The findings of the study show that there are no significant differences in teacher resilience according to the employment situation; however, there are significant differences in teacher resilience according to gender and academic degree. It is concluded that there are no significant differences in resilience according to the perception of the teachers themselves regarding the employment situation; however, it can be seen that there are significant differences in terms of gender and academic degree, which is showing that these characteristics are decisive in differentiating the levels of resilience that are being achieved.