Emotional Labour and Lesson Observation A Study of England's Further
This book presents research on emotion work and the emotional labour of teaching and learning based in England’s further education sector, where an increasing emphasis on marketised systems means accountability and audit cultures have become embedded with
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Emotional Labour and Lesson Observation A Study of England's Further Education
Emotional Labour and Lesson Observation
Ursula Edgington
Emotional Labour and Lesson Observation A Study of England’s Further Education
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Ursula Edgington Cambridge, Waikato New Zealand
ISBN 978-981-10-2989-9 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2991-2
ISBN 978-981-10-2991-2
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For my husband, Justin. Without his continued support, my learning journey, including this book, simply would not have been possible. And to all my students, many of whom, over the years, have inspired me with their resilience and creativity and motivated me to seek out ways to be a better teacher.
Foreword
Observations of classroom practice are a ubiquitous feature of teachers’ professional lives nowadays. Whether it be in a formative context as part of a teacher-training qualification, or as a summative source of evidence for quality assurance purposes, there is no denying that observation has become an important multifunctional tool in education. Many existing publications have to date focused on the procedural aspects of the observation process with much less discussion of, or consideration given to its wider impact on teachers’ identities, particularly in relation to their emotional experiences and the subsequent repercussions for teacher self-esteem and self-efficacy. This is certainly one of the distinctive features of Emotional Labour and Lesson Observation: A Study of England’s Further Education, a book which provides a fascinating psychosocial account of the lived experiences of a group of practitioners. Through a series of detailed ca
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