Teachers'' Work and Emotions - A Sociological Analysis

List of contents

Acknowledgement
List of tables
Chapter 1 Introduction: A Need of Sociological Inquiry into Teachers’ Emotional Experiences
Chapter 2 Sociological Perspectives of Teachers’ Emotional Experiences
Chapter 3 Values and Goals of Teaching
Chapter 4 Power and Status, Workload, and Emotional Experiences in Teaching
Chapter 5 School Administrative System and Emotional Experiences in Teaching
Chapter 6 Structural Education Reforms and Emotional Experiences in Teaching
Chapter 7 Positive Student-related Matters and Emotional Experiences in Teaching
Chapter 8 Conclusion: Teachers as Disempowered Moral Agents
References
Index

About the author

Kwok Kuen Tsang is Associate Professor at College of Educational Administration, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China

Summary

Focusing on teachers in Hong Kong, Tsang investigates the social mechanisms that arouse such negative emotional experiences, otherwise known as caam. He asserts that these feelings are socially constructed, and it is only by understanding the causes and feelings can we begin to improve teacher’s emotional well-being and teaching quality.

Product details

• Authors: Tsang, Kwok Kuen Tsang, Kwok Kuen (Beijing Normal University Tsang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138346079
• ISBN: 978-1-138-34607-9
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia; Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Professional Development, Educational psychology, teacher training, Teaching staff, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, Teaching staff / Educators