Language teachers' capitals as resources for wellbeing across the career trajectories

被引:6
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作者
Babic, Sonja [1 ,3 ]
Mairitsch, Astrid [1 ]
Mercer, Sarah [1 ]
Sulis, Giulia [1 ]
King, Jim [2 ]
机构
[1] Graz Univ, English Dept, Graz, Austria
[2] Univ Leicester, Sch Educ, Leicester, England
[3] Karl Franzens Univ Graz, English Dept ELT Res & Methodol, Liebiggasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria
基金
奥地利科学基金会;
关键词
Capitals; language teachers; wellbeing; language teacher career phases; SELF-EFFICACY; OCCUPATIONAL STRESS; RESILIENCE; HEALTH; SCHOOL; LIFE;
D O I
10.1080/02619768.2023.2280530
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Over their career trajectories, teachers experience diverse challenges and uplifts, which influence their sense of wellbeing. While research on teacher career phases provides important insights into their lives, studies exploring teacher wellbeing and capitals they draw on to cope are scarce; and, in the field of language education, virtually non-existent. In this article, we explore the capitals of 58 language teachers from Austria and the UK in pre-service, early-, mid-, and late-career phases. Data were gathered through in-depth semi-structured interviews and were analysed utilising a combination of inductive and deductive data analyses. The findings revealed four interrelated capitals which supported these teachers' wellbeing: Psychological, social, human, and health capitals. This study offers key insights into wellbeing through the lens of capitals with clear implications for policy-makers, teacher educators, and other relevant stakeholders to understand how to support language teachers in their professional roles.
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