The Functions of Teacher Emotions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Autor/in	Winograd, Ken
Titel	The Functions of Teacher Emotions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Quelle	In: Teachers College Record, 105 (2003) 9, S.1641-1673 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-4681
Schlagwörter	Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Characteristics; Psychological Patterns; Diaries; Emotional Experience; Teaching Conditions; Social Structure; Activism; Social Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Diary; Tagebuch; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Sozialstruktur; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sozialer Wandel
Abstract	This is a self-study of an elementary teacher's emotions during the year he took a sabbatical from a position as an education professor. He worked as an elementary classroom teacher, and he kept a journal of his daily experience as a teacher of a nongraded primary class. With the journal as a data source, the study examined the feeling "rules" for teachers, the functional and dysfunctional dimensions of teacher emotions, and the strategies teachers use to engage in emotional labor. The findings show both functional and dysfunctional dimensions of the teacher's emotional experience. The article suggests that the self-accusatory stance of teachers diverts teachers' attention from structural problems in their working conditions and, instead, focuses attention on the inadequacies of teachers as individuals. Furthermore, the paper suggests that it is from the collective naming and examination of emotions that teachers may be able to learn to accept and understand the darker emotions of teaching, to understand the relationship between emotions and social structure, as well as learn to use emotions such as anger and disgust as catalysts for social activism and change. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01