Understanding teachers' emotional trajectory: the voice of a volunteer teacher in an educationally and economically underdeveloped context. Issue 2 (15th March 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Xiaodong
• Is Part Of: Asia-Pacific journal of teacher education. Volume 49:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 203
• Page End: 215
• Publication Date: 2021-03-15
• Subjects: Emotional trajectory -- constrained contexts -- transition -- volunteer teaching; Teachers -- Training of -- Australasia -- Periodicals; Teachers -- Training of -- Pacific Area -- Periodicals; 370.71095
• DOI: 10.1080/1359866X.2020.1756224
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-866X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This qualitative case study explores one college teacher's emotional trajectory during volunteer teaching in a constrained (i.e., educationally and economically underdeveloped) context. The study shows that the teacher's emotions were continually shaped by external and internal factors over an academic year. The volunteer teacher's self-agency gradually emerged as a vital internal factor in regulating his fluctuating emotions and demonstrating his positive emotions for teaching. Additionally, while the teacher's emotions were generally expressed in a positive manner, in-the-moment emotions were also expressed negatively to galvanise students' learning.