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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Jean Hopman, "Surviving Emotional Work for Teachers: Improving Wellbeing and Professional Learning Through Reflexive Practice" (Routledge, 2020)
Description: Jean Hopman’s book Surviving Emotional Work for Teachers: Improving Wellbeing and Professional Learning Through Reflexive Practice (Routledge, 2020), is a guide to improving teachers' wellbeing and practice through support of their emotional workload. The book argues that teachers should be given a formal opportunity to debrief on challenging events, allowing them to reflect on and reframe these experiences in a way that informs future practice to prevent the emotional fatigue that can lead teachers to leave the field altogether.Each chapter opens with a teacher's story, acknowledging the emotional layers present in the scenario and what learnings can...