The art museum as a catalyst context for teacher well-being and burnout prevention: an international review of best practices

This study focuses on the art museum as an educational context that can contribute to teachers’ well-being and burnout prevention. Beyond the benefits offered through sources of immediate, pleasure-driven experiences that evoke positive emotions with short-term effects, museums also enable art- based proposals where teachers can confront themselves and reach a dialogue with their own personal development and goals. Through these proposals, depersonalization, emotional exhaustion or the lack of professional fulfilment could find a place for its prevention. A best practice review is conducted by means of inclusion and exclusion criteria applied in repositories and museum websites. Results identified 35 practices in 13 different international museums that fall into CPD, workshop, community program, teacher networking, space to relax and curatorial proposal. Conclusions provide 4 guidelines for designing educational proposals in art museums to enhance teachers’ creativity and well-being and prevent burnout.