Assessment as an "emotional practice"

English Teaching

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 42-64

  Carola, Steinberg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Assessment; Assessment emotions; Emotional labour; Emotional rules; Emotions in education; Teacher emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350369668     PISSN: 11758708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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