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Emotions and Policy - Teachers' Emotional Labour Amidst Policy Demands

Johansson, Elvira LU (2024) SANM05 20241
Social Anthropology
Abstract
This paper examines the interplay between emotions, policy and teachers' experiences within the Swedish municipal school system. Through an anthropological lens, it examines how emotions are not only personal experiences but also culturally and socially conditioned phenomena that influence teachers' subjectivity and the way they navigate the overall goals and expectations of the school system. Drawing on theories of emotional labour and technologies of governance, the paper analyses how increased workloads and unclear mandates affect teachers' subjectivity. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the implementation of educational policies within the Swedish municipal school system and the high expectation of building good... (More)
This paper examines the interplay between emotions, policy and teachers' experiences within the Swedish municipal school system. Through an anthropological lens, it examines how emotions are not only personal experiences but also culturally and socially conditioned phenomena that influence teachers' subjectivity and the way they navigate the overall goals and expectations of the school system. Drawing on theories of emotional labour and technologies of governance, the paper analyses how increased workloads and unclear mandates affect teachers' subjectivity. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the implementation of educational policies within the Swedish municipal school system and the high expectation of building good relationships with pupils, affects teachers' subjectivity with a particular focus on teachers' experiences of emotional labour. (Less)
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author
Johansson, Elvira LU
supervisor
organization
course
SANM05 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
teachers, education, emotion, emotional labour, social anthropology, governance, policy
language
English
id
9172997
date added to LUP
2024-08-30 10:13:19
date last changed
2024-08-30 10:13:19
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  abstract     = {{This paper examines the interplay between emotions, policy and teachers' experiences within the Swedish municipal school system. Through an anthropological lens, it examines how emotions are not only personal experiences but also culturally and socially conditioned phenomena that influence teachers' subjectivity and the way they navigate the overall goals and expectations of the school system. Drawing on theories of emotional labour and technologies of governance, the paper analyses how increased workloads and unclear mandates affect teachers' subjectivity. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the implementation of educational policies within the Swedish municipal school system and the high expectation of building good relationships with pupils, affects teachers' subjectivity with a particular focus on teachers' experiences of emotional labour.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Elvira}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Emotions and Policy - Teachers' Emotional Labour Amidst Policy Demands}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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