When knowing is not enough – the relevance of teachers’ cognitive and emotional resources for classroom management

Frontline Learning Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-77

  Seiz, Johanna ^a   Voss, Thamar ^b   Kunter, Mareike ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classroom management; Emotional exhaustion; Professional knowledge; Teacher competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994771098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22953159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14786/flr.v3i1.141     Document Type: Article

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