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10Well-BeinginLanguageEducation
avehicleforincreasinglifesatisfaction,andasanaidtobetterlearningandmore
creativethinking”(cf.Chapter14).
5.TeacherWell-Being
Itwillcomeasnosurprisetomanythatteacherandlearnerwell-beingaretightly
interconnected-referredtoasCtwosidesofthesamecoin’(Rofey,2012).When
teacherwell-beingishigh,itismorelikelylearnerwell-beingwillalsobehigh
(Hardingetal.,2019),therearelikelytobebetterstudentlteacherrelationships,
fewerdisciplineissues,andteacherstendtoteachmorecreatively(e.g.,Klusman
etal.,2008;Kunteretal.,2013;Rofey,2012).Inessence,teacherwell-beingisthe
foundationofgoodprofessionalpractice.Yet,itissurprisingthatsolittleattention
isgivenexplicitlytothis.Terearesystemicproblemswhichfailtorecognisethe
valueforbothteachersandlearnersofattendingtoteacherwell-being.Inaddi-
tion,teachersmayofenfeelguiltyforprioritisingtheirwell-beingastheyget
caughtinaCself-sacrificingdiscourse’(Nias,1999)wheretheydedicatethemselves
totheirlearnerstosuchanextentthattheyneglecttheirownneedsandself-care.
Althoughteacherscantakestepstoprotecttheirownwell-beingandexercise
theiragencytoengageinstrategiesforwell-being,thisdoesnotabdicaterespon-
sibilityfromtheeducationsystems,institutions,andpolicymakerswhocreate
theworkingconditionsforeducators.Terearetwostrandsthatshouldcome
togethertopromoteteacherwell-being-systemicinterventionsandindividual
strategies.Puttingtheonussolelyontoteachersfortheirwell-beingmisunder-
standsthenatureoftheinteractionbetweentheindividualandtheirecologies.
However,onceteachershavethestrengthfrompositivewell-being,theymayalso
feelmoreempoweredtoworkandadvocatecollectivelywithothersforsystemic
changeifandwherenecessary.Ifteachersareexpectedtopromotewell-beingfor
theirlearners,theyshouldideallyalsobeinthepositiontomodelsuchpositive
behaviours.
Know-HowActivities
Well-being-informedapproachestopedagogyinlanguageteachingremainrela-
tivelyuncommonasyet.Terehasbeenworkwitheducatorsaddressingindividual
aspectsofwell-beingsuchasgrowthmindsets,resilience,self-esteem,andmindful-
ness.However,thereremainhardlyanyempiricalstudiesinvestigatingmoreholis-
ticapproachestowell-beingasinfusedthroughoutacourseorcurriculum(foran
exception,seeStrambietal.,2018).Atheoreticallensforunderstandinghowsuch
teachingcouldfunctionhasbeendevelopedunderthenotionofCPositiveLanguage
Education’(PLE)(MacIntyreetal.,2019;Merceretal.,2019).PLEisanapproachto