Teachers’s Emotions and Wellbeing -workshop

Description: 

The workshop has been piloted with teacher students in teacher education programme in Haaga-Helia. The learning outcomes of the workshop are:  

• to understand the importance of teachers’ emotions in teaching situations  
• to become aware of the importance of teacher’s wellbeing and how to support it.

Working in the workshop is organized to follow ‘think-pair-share’ –process. Also drama pedagogical methods can be used.

1. think alone (drama walk) 
2. talk with your pair 
3. share in a team of three or four persons 
4. discuss wellbeing; what do you do for your wellbeing, what is done in teacher communities 
5. create table of ‘golden rules’ for teacher’s wellbeing. 

Readings: 

Hagenauer, G & Volet, S. E. ‘‘I don’t hide my feelings, even though I try to’’: insight into teacher educator emotion display. Aust. Educ. Res. (2014) 41:261–281. DOI 10.1007/s13384-013-0129-5 

Postareff, L. & Lindblom-Ylänne, S. 2011. Emotions and confidence within teaching in higher education. Studies in Higher Education,  Vol. 36, Issue 7. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2010.483279 

Teacher’s values and ethical principles. Trade Union of Education, OAJ.

Teachers’ working conditions. Trade Union of Education, OAJ. 

Contact person: Liisa Vanhanen-Nuutinen, Haaga-Helia