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Publication Date: 2021
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Safe Spaces or a Pedagogy of Discomfort? Senior High-School Teachers' Meta-Emotion Philosophies and Climate Change Education
Ojala, Maria
Journal of Environmental Education, v52 n1 p40-52 2021
The aim of this study is to explore senior high-school teachers' beliefs about the role of emotions in climate change education and their perception of how they deal with emotional reactions in the classroom. The theoretical framework consists of meta-emotion philosophies, teachers' beliefs, and critical emotion theories. Sixteen Swedish teachers were interviewed. Four overarching emotion beliefs were identified: a disapproving view, a danger-oriented view, a partial acceptance view, and a complexity view. Four overarching coaching themes were found: avoidance, action-based and reappraisal-based coaching, strategies to approach negative emotions, and flexibility and adjustment-based coaching. Implications for teacher education are discussed.
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Climate, Change, Environmental Education, Emotional Response, Teaching Methods, Educational Philosophy, Coaching (Performance), Foreign Countries, Coping, Neoliberalism
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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