ERIC Number: EJ823644
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 14
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Sustaining Enthusiasm in the Classroom: Reinvestment Strategies that Work
Poczwardowski, Artur; Grosshans, Onie; Trunnell, Eric
American Journal of Health Behavior, v27 n4 p322-335 2003
Objective: To identify reinvestment strategies of 11 senior health-education faculty from 3 degree programs. Methods: Data from individual, in-depth interviews were inductively analyzed for content. Results: The identified strategies grouped around 6 themes: growth and success in work, realization of an optimal fit into profession, investment into interpersonal relationships, focus on stimulating and uplifting experiences, pursuit of professional/personal balance, and problems and coping. Conclusion: Reinvestment is a very complex process that may be mediated by frequent experience of positive emotions. Further research needs to employ a positive perspective and investigate variables from different levels of analysis.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation, Teaching Conditions, Coping, Emotional Response, Health Education, Faculty Development, Teaching (Occupation), Interpersonal Relationship, Teaching Experience, Family Work Relationship, Problem Solving, Job Satisfaction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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