中小學教師工作環境健全與否，一向是各國關注的焦點問題。包含教師的勞動條件（每週工作時數、待遇及福利）、教師進行教學與學生輔導之時數等事項亦是國際組織進行跨國比較的熱門議題，其也與教師情緒、壓力等身心健康有關，更影響有志者參與職前師資培育及未來擔任教職之意願。因此，教師工作條件議題不僅值得主管機關重視，學術研究上亦有必要針對本議題提供更廣泛的論述與建言。本文主旨，乃在於透過對日本熱門的教育領域議題──教師過勞現象的介紹，解析其發生原因與對學校現場造成的弊病，以提出我國相關政策改進上之建議，期待與日本教師工作環境類似的我國，在本議題上能避免類似狀況，提供教師一個健全的工作環境。

It has always been the topic issue of all countries concerning about whether the teachers’ working environment of primary and secondary school teachers is sound or not. This very issue, including the working conditions of teachers (weekly working hours, remuneration and welfare), and the numbers of hours that teachers spend on teaching and student counseling are also hot topics for international organizations to conduct cross-country comparisons. This topic is been connected to teacher mental health like teacher’s emotion and stresses etc., and also affects the willingness of aspirants who attend the teacher education pre-service courses as well as to serve as teachers in the future. Therefore, the topic of teachers’ overworking is not only worthy for authorities to pay attention, but also needs to be provided more widely discussion and suggestions by ways of academic researching. The main purpose of this article is going to provide some recommendations via introducing the hot topics that occurred in Japan’s education field: teachers’ overworking. By analyzing the reasons that caused teachers’ overworking and the disadvantages to the school scene, this article hopes that such similar situation can be avoided, and a healthy working environment can be ensured for teachers in Taiwan.