Emotions and Change during Professional Development for Teachers: A Mixed Methods Study

Autor/inn/en	Scott, Caitlin; Sutton, Rosemary E.
Titel	Emotions and Change during Professional Development for Teachers: A Mixed Methods Study
Quelle	In: Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 3 (2009) 2, S.151-171 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1558-6898
DOI	10.1177/1558689808325770
Schlagwörter	Emotional Response; Writing Processes; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Faculty Development; Elementary School Teachers; Workshops; Writing Instruction; Questionnaires; Interviews; Program Effectiveness; Urban Schools; Poverty; Suburban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Emotionales Verhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Schreibunterricht; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Armut; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; Vorort; Vorstadt
Abstract	Teaching is emotional, especially when teachers must change their practices. Past research on emotions and change in the general population has been predominately quantitative. Research about teachers' emotions, however, has been predominately qualitative. To draw on both these approaches, this mixed methods study examined 50 elementary teachers' emotions during eight workshops on the writing process, by using repeated questionnaires with scale and open-ended questions, follow-up questionnaires 4 months later, and participant interviews. Quantitative data revealed that teachers' emotions became more positive, but returned to initial levels 4 months later. Quantitative data analysis found no relationships between emotions and change in practice. Interviews, however, revealed mixed emotions related to changes found in the quantitative data. (Contains 6 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10