2018
DOI: 10.14297/jpaap.v6i3.359
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On Feedback and Emotional Labour

Abstract: This opinion piece argues that educators are performing emotional labour when giving feedback to students. I propose that this emotional labour is performed due to the desire to balance the promotion of student learning with the increasing need for efficiency and quality control. This attempt to balance an abundance of care with a dearth of time leaves a gap between the compassion an educator wants to provide, the guidelines that must be followed, and what is feasible from a workload perspective. Are we equipp… Show more

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“…Despite the greater appreciation of the affective domain in higher education, studies focusing on instructors' emotions associated with assessment and feedback have remained scarce and underresearched (Myyry et al 2020;Zhao et al 2022), leaving an important research gap. In her opinion piece, Spaeth (2018) identifies feedback as emotional labour performed by instructors as they balance the need to demonstrate care for their students with a lack of time emerging from increased quality control. She notes, in particular, that consciously giving feedback to promote positive emotions in students, helping them to improve their learning, requires significant emotional work from the instructor.…”
Section: Introduction and Literature Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite the greater appreciation of the affective domain in higher education, studies focusing on instructors' emotions associated with assessment and feedback have remained scarce and underresearched (Myyry et al 2020;Zhao et al 2022), leaving an important research gap. In her opinion piece, Spaeth (2018) identifies feedback as emotional labour performed by instructors as they balance the need to demonstrate care for their students with a lack of time emerging from increased quality control. She notes, in particular, that consciously giving feedback to promote positive emotions in students, helping them to improve their learning, requires significant emotional work from the instructor.…”
Section: Introduction and Literature Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%