ERIC Number: EJ928714
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
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Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation of High-Quality Japanese Elementary School Teachers
Hosotani, Rika; Imai-Matsumura, Kyoko
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, v27 n6 p1039-1048 Aug 2011
The present study investigates the emotional experience, expression, and regulation processes of high-quality Japanese elementary school teachers while they interact with children, in terms of teachers' emotional competence. Qualitative analysis of interview data demonstrated that teachers had various emotional experiences including self-elicited negative emotions. The major expression patterns were identified as direct staging and the suppression of emotions. Teachers considered emotion expression in front of children as a skill, and their emotion regulation processes involved considering various purposes, appropriately using emotion expression, and ideal teacher images. The findings suggest that high-quality teachers effectively use emotional competence in teaching. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Response, Elementary School Teachers, Emotional Experience, Affective Behavior, Interviews, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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