'I don't think I could, you know, just teach without any emotion': Exploring the nature and origin of university teachers' emotions

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 240-262

  Hagenauer, Gerda ^a   Volet, Simone ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

emotions; higher education; student teacher relationship; teacher emotions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893872279     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2012.754929     Document Type: Article

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