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Relevant classroom events for teachers: A study of student characteristics, student behaviors, and associated teacher emotions

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: To gain insight in relevant classroom events for teachers, this study asked 218 elementary school teachers to describe the most relevant event of the past workday, involving an individual student. Male students and students with relatively high externalizing, antisocial behavioral attributes were overrepresented in both positively and negatively valued events. Independent coders classified all student behaviors described in the event based on a newly developed coding system. Teachers described more social-emotional and relational student behaviors than achievement or motivational behaviors. Hostility and aggression towards the teacher was the strongest predictor of teachers’ enjoyment, anger, anxiety, and self- and other-related emotions.

Source: Teaching and Teacher Education

DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2019.102899

Authors: Janneke A. de Ruiter, Astrid M.G. Poorthuis, Helma M.Y. Koomen

Institutions: University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University

Language: English

Topic: Educational Environments and Student Outcomes

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $1,200