ELT teachers’ agency for wellbeing

IF 3.1 2区 文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Elt Journal Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI:10.1093/elt/ccad050
Giulia Sulis, Astrid Mairitsch, Sonja Babic, Sarah Mercer, Pia Resnik
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Abstract

Wellbeing is crucial for teachers, not only for themselves but also for ensuring that they teach to the best of their abilities. Thus, identifying ways of empowering teachers to take action to boost or maintain their wellbeing is vital. In this article, an ecological lens is adopted to understand what determines language teachers’ agency for wellbeing. A thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 30 EFL teachers based in Austria revealed four key themes which help to explain how teachers exercise their agency for wellbeing. These are: triggers, reflection, affordances, and action. The results show that critical incidents in their personal and professional domains act as triggers drawing teachers’ attention towards their wellbeing and starting a process of deeper reflection. However, a prerequisite for taking action following this reflection appears to be a perceived sense of control about their ability to change things in their personal and professional lives.
英语语言教学教师的福利机构
福祉对教师来说至关重要,不仅对他们自己,而且对确保他们尽其所能地教书也至关重要。因此,确定授权教师采取行动以促进或维持其福祉的方法至关重要。本文采用生态学的视角来理解是什么决定了语言教师的幸福感。对奥地利30名英语教师的深度访谈进行了主题分析,揭示了四个关键主题,有助于解释教师如何行使他们的幸福代理。它们是:触发、反射、启示和行动。结果表明,在他们的个人和专业领域的关键事件作为触发提请教师关注他们的福祉,并开始更深层次的反思过程。然而,在反思之后采取行动的先决条件似乎是对自己改变个人和职业生活的能力有一种控制感。
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Elt Journal
Elt Journal Multiple-
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4.80
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50
期刊介绍: ELT Journal is a quarterly publication for all those involved in the field of teaching English as a second or foreign language. The journal links the everyday concerns of practitioners with insights gained from related academic disciplines such as applied linguistics, education, psychology, and sociology. ELT Journal provides a medium for informed discussion of the principles and practice which determine the ways in which the English language is taught and learnt around the world. It is also a forum for the exchange of information among members of the profession worldwide.
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