Language Teacher Wellbeing across the Career Span

2023-04-12
Language Teacher Wellbeing across the Career Span

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  • Author: Giulia Sulis
  • Publisher: Channel View Publications
  • ISBN: 1800412827
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 219

This book explores language teacher wellbeing across the career span from an ecological perspective. It reports on empirical findings from an extensive investigation into language teacher wellbeing in various social, cultural and linguistic contexts. It is unique in casting light on the professional trajectory of language teachers and opening up discussions on the characteristics, psychological needs and strengths of language teachers at different points in their careers. It examines wellbeing in terms of the dynamic interplay between the challenges individuals encounter in their personal and professional lives, and the psychological, social and contextual resources that they draw on to buffer the impact of these challenges. The findings of the study will help readers to understand how language teachers can protect and nurture their wellbeing, not only to remain in the profession, but also to thrive in the long-term. The book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in the lives, wellbeing and psychology of language teachers in diverse contexts and career phases.

Positive Psychology in Second and Foreign Language Education

2021-03-02
Positive Psychology in Second and Foreign Language Education

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  • Author: Katarzyna Budzińska
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3030644448
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 227

This book demonstrates how resources taken from positive psychology can benefit both teachers and learners. Positive psychology is the empirical study of how people thrive and flourish. This book explores a range of topics, such as affectivity and positive emotions, engagement, enjoyment, empathy, positive institutions, a positive L2 self-system, as well as newly added Positive Language Education. Some papers in this collection introduce new topics such as the role of positive psychology in international higher education, a framework for understanding language teacher well-being from an ecological perspective, or positive institutional policies in language education contexts.

Teacher Wellbeing

2020
Teacher Wellbeing

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  • Author: Sarah Mercer
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780194405638
  • Category : Teachers
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 168

Written primarily for language teachers and inspired by positive psychology, this book seeks to support and maintain teacher wellbeing through a variety of approaches.

Language Teacher Psychology

2018-01-05
Language Teacher Psychology

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  • Author: Sarah Mercer
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 178309947X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 307

To date, the majority of work in language learning psychology has focused on the learner. In contrast, relatively little attention has been paid to teacher psychology. This volume seeks to redress the imbalance by bringing together various strands of research into the psychology of language teachers. It consists of 19 contributions on well-established areas of teacher psychology, as well as areas that have only recently begun to be explored. This original collection, which covers a multitude of theoretical and methodological perspectives, makes a significant contribution to the emerging field of language teacher psychology as a domain of inquiry within language education.

Building and Sustaining a Teaching Career

2020-05-26
Building and Sustaining a Teaching Career

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  • Author: Narelle Suzanne Lemon
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1108724728
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 213

This text supports pre-service teachers in developing mindfulness strategies as they undertake professional experience.

Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence

2020-12-08
Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence

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  • Author: Michael Byram
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1800410263
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 268

This revised edition of Michael Byram’s classic 1997 book updates the text in light of both recent research and critiques and commentaries on the 1st edition. Beginning from the premise that foreign and second language teaching should prepare learners to use a language with fluency and accuracy, and also to speak with people who have different cultural identities, social values and behaviours, the book is an invaluable guide for teachers and curriculum developers, taking them from a definition of Intercultural Communicative Competence through planning for teaching to assessment. This edition refines the definitions of the five ‘savoirs’ of intercultural competence, and includes new sections on issues such as moral relativism and human rights, mediation, intercultural citizenship and teachers’ ethical responsibilities.

A Practical Guide to Teacher Wellbeing

2018-12-10
A Practical Guide to Teacher Wellbeing

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  • Author: Elizabeth Holmes
  • Publisher: Learning Matters
  • ISBN: 1526451883
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 121

Teacher wellbeing, or a lack of it, is a major concern for the teaching profession. Research shows that there is a recruitment and retention crisis with over a third of the school, FE and HE profession expecting to leave by 2020. This new text supports teachers to be aware of themselves and the pressures they face at work.

Language Teacher Identity and Wellbeing

2024-10-15
Language Teacher Identity and Wellbeing

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  • Author: Anne Feryok
  • Publisher: Channel View Publications
  • ISBN: 1800417047
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

This is the first edited volume to bring together research on the interaction between language teacher identity and wellbeing. It addresses the need for further research on the experience of language teachers and the vulnerability and resilience they demonstrate in the face of threats to their wellbeing. Naming, describing and analysing issues with a view to sensitively addressing them, this book contributes to research as a social enterprise which can raise public consciousness of these issues. Exploring how language teacher identity influences and is influenced by wellbeing, the chapters develop a theoretical and empirical understanding of this interaction using Indigenous, psychological, critical and postmodern frameworks and the personal perspectives of teachers and researchers. Spanning a wide range of cultural and institutional contexts, this book provides a wealth of insights for teacher leaners, practising teachers and researchers.

The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching

2020-05-19
The Emotional Rollercoaster of Language Teaching

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  • Author: Christina Gkonou
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1788928350
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 452

This book focuses on the emotional complexity of language teaching and how the diverse emotions that teachers experience while teaching are shaped and function. The book is based on the premise that teaching is not just about the transmission of academic knowledge but also about inspiring students, building rapport with them, creating relationships based on empathy and trust, being patient and most importantly controlling one’s own emotions and being able to influence students’ emotions in a positive way. The book covers a range of emotion-related topics on both positive and negative emotions which are relevant to language teaching including emotional labour, burnout, emotion regulation, resilience, emotional intelligence and wellbeing among others. These topics are studied within a wide range of contexts such as teacher education programmes, tertiary education, CLIL and action research settings, and primary and secondary schools across different countries. The book will appeal to any student, researcher, teacher or policymaker who is interested in research on the psychological aspects of foreign language teaching.

Teacher Well-Being in English Language Teaching

2022-11-11
Teacher Well-Being in English Language Teaching

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  • Author: Luis Javier Pentón Herrera
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781032324197
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

This edited volume brings the important topic of teacher well-being to the fore, presenting a range of high quality and cutting-edge contributions that illuminate, advance and educate readers on the challenges and criticality of achieving teacher well-being in English language teaching (ELT). Taking Sarah Mercer's call for action to make teacher well-being a priority in the ELT field, and adopting an ecological perspective reflective of the stance that teacher well-being is a societal duty and not a personal responsibility, the contributors present theoretically and methodologically innovative research studies from all around the world. The term 'teacher' is used to refer to those who deliver English instruction in a variety of formal and informal educational settings and at different levels including K-12 schools, adult education, higher education, teacher education programs, and in community organizations. Chapters offer clear implications for research and practice, and explore effective practices and interventions that can contribute to the improvement of teacher well-being overall. Addressing a profession which is not only characterized as being filled with high levels of stress, but delving into specific challenges around ELT in particular, the authors crucially speak to themes around the additional emotional investment and labor which come with being an English language teacher. As such, it will appeal to academics and researchers in the field of English language teaching, including scholar-practitioners, and teacher educators.