1st Edition
Surviving Emotional Work for Teachers Improving Wellbeing and Professional Learning Through Reflexive Practice
By Jean Hopman
Copyright 2021
152 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
152 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
152 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Surviving Emotional Work for Teachers is a guide to improving teachers’ wellbeing and practice through support of their emotional workload.
The book argues that teachers should be given a formal opportunity to debrief on challenging events, allowing them to reflect on and reframe these experiences in a way that informs future practice to prevent the emotional fatigue that can lead... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Who Are Teachers and What Do they Do? 3. Telling a Student they’ve Failed and Coping with the Fallout 4. Navigating the Emotional Rollercoaster that is ‘Muck-Up Day’ 5. What Happens When a Student’s Question Crosses a Line 6. Responding to Physical Violence in the Classroom 7. The Dilemma of Textbook Selection 8. Questioning the School’s Uniform Policy 9. Conclusion
Biography
Jean Hopman currently works in Initial Teacher Education at Victoria University and researches teacher emotional work, which was the topic of her doctorate. She has been a teacher in a diverse range of settings since 2000.
