Voices from the ground: The emotional labour of English teachers' work

This paper examines the complex emotional work of English language teaching in Singapore secondary schools. Findings revealed the emotional burdens, tensions, and challenges associated with the teaching of English, largely attributed to the subject's value-laden content, the stresses of grading...

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Vydáno v:Teaching and teacher education Ročník 55; s. 267 - 278
Hlavní autoři: Loh, Chin Ee, Liew, Warren Mark
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2016
Témata:
Emotional labour
Emotions
English language teaching
Lived experiences
Singapore
Emotional labour
Singapore
Lived experiences
Emotions
English language teaching
ISSN:0742-051X, 1879-2480
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Shrnutí:This paper examines the complex emotional work of English language teaching in Singapore secondary schools. Findings revealed the emotional burdens, tensions, and challenges associated with the teaching of English, largely attributed to the subject's value-laden content, the stresses of grading student essays, the performance pressures of high-stakes testing, and the need for culturally responsive pedagogies. Further studies of teachers' lived experiences in relation to their disciplinary domains can offer teacher educators and policymakers insights into the ways in which curriculum and policy impact on, and are impacted by, the emotional realities of teachers' work. •The emotions of teaching are experienced in discipline-specific ways.•Study of lived experiences of English teachers' emotional labour in Singapore.•English teachers' lived experiences provide insight to situated, complex practice.•Policy and localized practice should consider discipline-specific emotional labour.
ISSN:0742-051X
1879-2480
DOI:10.1016/j.tate.2016.01.016