Research Paper
Year: 2023 | Month: June | Volume: 10 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 263-270
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20230632
Pedagogical Awareness in Primary Schools: The Role of Teachers in Creating Stressful Events and their Impact on Future Primary Teachers’ Development
Marinos Anastasakis1, Eleni Vasilaki1
1Department of Primary Education, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece
Corresponding Author: Marinos Anastasakis
ABSTRACT
Despite the evidence supporting the significant role of school life events on students’ learning and well-being, little attention is currently reserved for school life events in the literature. In the case of mathematics, there is an agreement that school life events related to primary teachers’ in-class practices and perceived as stressful by students, affect negatively the quality of their learning. Within a framework combining cognitive and pedagogical approaches, we investigated stressful school life events in primary educational settings and their relation to a teacher’s pedagogical knowledge. For the study, data were collected by interviewing a cohort of future primary teachers about their experiences when they were pupils. By using a qualitative text analysis approach, we identified three thematic groups of school life events. We conclude by highlighting the need for communicating to the wider academic and teacher community the vital role that stressful school life events play on students’ learning and well-being.
Keywords: schools life events, pedagogy, primary teachers, primary mathematics education
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