EAN: 9789811335754

SOCIAL SUPPORT WELL-BEING AND TEACHER DEVELOPME...

This book uses social support as a central theme to provide a sound underpinning for guiding
teachers to play more supportive roles in schools. It comprises a series of empirical studies
that address the psychological processes involved in feeling supported and providing support 
and which demonstrate how students¿ and teachers¿ well-being can be enhanced through learning
and teaching in the classroom.The distinction between teachers who are caring mentors and those
who simply impart knowledge has attracted considerable interest among researchers  however  in
the twenty-first century education seems to be playing a more restricted role  due to the
predominant focus on performance outcomes. This book addresses and identifies teachers¿
expanding role in education. It describes various types of support that teachers can offer
students  and which serve to enhance a range of learning outcomes. Further  it provides
evidence suggesting that teachers¿ commitment to learner development is a prerequisite for a
satisfying teaching career  and that teachers¿ knowledge  skills and ability to provide social
support in the classroom form a pathway of professional learning that can take their teaching
expertise to a higher level. Lastly  the book offers policymakers suggestions on how to
rekindle social support in an increasingly globalised setting in which people are becoming more
and more disconnected. Given its multidisciplinary approach  the book is a unique contribution
within its subject area  and will be of interest to practitioners in education and beyond.

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