Pedagogical work with asylum-seeking and refugee children in Denmark: A prism to the study of emotional work in education

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Interpersonal and emotional aspects of pedagogical work have during the last decades been of great interest among educational researchers. This paper offers an analysis of social and moral dimensions of education by using professional interactions with asylum-seeking and refugee children as a privileged prism through which to study the emotional aspects of pedagogical work. The paper argues that the link between education and emotion is well addressed by considering the positioning of asylum-seeking and refugee children as a particularly vulnerable group characterized by anxiety and insecurity.

The investigation is informed by a micro-sociological approach based on Goffman's theory of the interaction order (1976) and Hochschild’s conceptualization of emotions and emotional work (1983). As such, strategic emotional work is informing the analysis of the dilemma between professional distance and personal engagement. By understanding emotional dynamics in this specific learning context, the paper opens up for a more general understanding of interpersonal and emotional aspects of education (Turner 2009).

References
Goffman, E. (1967) Interaction Ritual: Essays on face-to-face behavior. New York: Pantheon Books.
Hochschild, A.R. (1983) The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Turner, J.H. (2009) The Sociology of Emotions: Basic Theoretical Arguments, Emotion Review, 1(4):340-354.
Bidragets oversatte titelPædagogisk arbejde med asylsøgende børn og flygtningebørn i Danmark : Et prisme til studiet af følelsesarbejde i pædagogikken
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Publikationsdato7 mar. 2018
StatusUdgivet - 7 mar. 2018
BegivenhedSociologidagarna 2018: Sociology in a polarized world - Lund University, Lund, Sverige
Varighed: 7 mar. 20189 mar. 2018
https://mkon.nu/sociologidagarna

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KonferenceSociologidagarna 2018
LokationLund University
LandSverige
ByLund
Periode07/03/201809/03/2018
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