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The teacher's enthusiasm (pdf 116kb)

The aim of the project behind this article was to develop a relational understanding of education, addressing the questions:

- What happens between teachers and students in effective, engaged learning and teaching?
- What are the implications for teaching practice?

In semi-structured interviews, the project invited all interviewees to talk about their experiences of life-changing teachers, and for teachers to talk about their own teaching practices and experiences.

As a result of this the article illustrates that the lived experiences of classroom energy do not match the conventional understandings of the words used to describe these experiences, words like enthusiasm and passion.

 

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