Love, satisfaction and exhaustion in the nursery: methodological issues in evaluating the impact of Work Discussion groups in the nursery

The significance of practitioners' emotions in nursery interactions is evident in vivid accounts from widely different socio-cultural contexts. Work Discussion (WD) is a model of professional reflection distinctive in its attention to emotion in work interactions. Psychoanalytic conceptions, pa...

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Published in:Early child development and care Vol. 188; no. 7; pp. 892 - 904
Main Authors: Elfer, Peter, Greenfield, Sue, Robson, Sue, Wilson, Dilys, Zachariou, Antonia
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Abingdon Routledge 03.07.2018
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Attention
Burnout
Caregiver Attitudes
Child Caregivers
Child psychology
Children
Communities of Practice
Cultural differences
Cultural factors
Data analysis
Discussion Groups
Early childhood education
Emotion
Emotional Experience
Emotions
evaluation
Fatigue
Foreign Countries
Interviews
Job Satisfaction
Love
Methodological problems
nursery
Nursery Schools
Observation
Parent-child relations
practitioner
professional reflection
Psychoanalysis
Psychological Patterns
Reflection
Satisfaction
Social factors
Social interaction
Sociocultural factors
Subjectivity
Work Discussion
Work experience
United Kingdom (London)
ISSN:0300-4430, 1476-8275
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Summary:The significance of practitioners' emotions in nursery interactions is evident in vivid accounts from widely different socio-cultural contexts. Work Discussion (WD) is a model of professional reflection distinctive in its attention to emotion in work interactions. Psychoanalytic conceptions, particularly the notion of the defended subject, underpin WD. Enabling participants in WD to discuss subjective work experience in an open way is thus subtle and sensitive. Research has not addressed how the impact of different models of professional reflection may be evaluated. Can WD, with its explicit attention to the emotions evoked at work, strengthen practitioners' engagement with children and families? This paper critically discusses the complex methodological issues in evaluating the impact of WD on nursery practitioners, children and parents in the nursery. The challenge is to combine the intense subjectivity of WD with an evaluation that is rigorous and objective. Later papers will illustrate data analysis and report findings.
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ISSN:0300-4430
1476-8275
DOI:10.1080/03004430.2018.1446431