Emotionally Speaking: Teaching Students Socially Constructed as At-Risk in the US and Denmark

Lena Lippke, Kristin Marie Murphy

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Abstract

In this presentation, we demonstrate how qualitative methods help us to explore barriers and facilitators to teacher emotional well-being in school settings serving students identified as being at-risk in the US and Denmark. Through a hermeneutical lens (Gadamer, 2004) and collective narrative (Richardson, 1987), we begin by identifying each country’s educational model, teacher preparation and teacher support for serving at-risk students. Next, we explore the experience of teachers working with students defined as being at-risk. Inspired by the concept of emotional labor (Hochschild, 1983) we explore how the teachers manage to balance investing hope and belief in the students parallel with moments of despair, disappointment, powerlessness. How is the experience of teaching the same and different across these two countries? In what ways do these teachers view themselves, their students, and their relationships with colleagues and students? Finally, what can the two groups of teachers learn from each others’ experiences?

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Publikationsdato17 maj 2013
Antal sider1
StatusUdgivet - 17 maj 2013
Begivenhed9th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, USA
Varighed: 15 maj 201318 maj 2013
Konferencens nummer: 9
http://convention2.allacademic.com/one/icqi/icqi13/

Konference

Konference9th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
Nummer9
LokationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Land/OmrådeUSA
ByUrbana-Champaign
Periode15/05/201318/05/2013
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