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Persecutory guilt, surveillance and resistance: The emotional themes of early childhood educators
Madrid, Samara Dunn-Kenney, Maylan
Madrid, Samara
Dunn-Kenney, Maylan
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This research examines the emotional themes and discourse of emotion of early childhood educators using a post-structuralist theoretical framework of emotion. The data selected and analyzed is taken from 4 two-hour discussion groups that were conducted over an eight-week period with four female early childhood educators. The emotional themes and patterns that emerged from the discussion groups and artifacts, teacher journals, and follow-up interviews were analyzed and then followed with a micro-level analysis. The findings revealed that the three most common emotion words discussed were 'stress', 'worry', and 'frustration', which were linked to surveillance and a discourse around persecutory guilt through institutional and relational systems, fostering implicit resistance among participants.
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2010-11-01
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University of Wyoming. Libraries
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Education