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Gymnasielärares upplevelser av emotionell belastning och dess påverkan på skapandet av en gynnsam lärandemiljö i svenskämnet: En fallstudie
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society.
2025 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
The experiences of emotional strain among upper secondary schoolteachers and its impact on the possibilities to create a beneficial learning environment in the Swedish subject : A single case study (English)
Abstract [sv]

Läraryrket är komplext och omfattar både kunskapsförmedling, administration och mer emotionellt krävande delar. Genom de senaste årtiondenas reformer har lärararbetet ändrat karaktär och tidigare forskning visar att skolans fokus till viss del gått från ämnesteoretiska studier till elevomsorg. Detta påverkar vad det innebär att vara lärare och hur lärare upplever yrket. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka gymnasielärare i svenskämnets upplevelser av emotionell belastning i yrket samt hur detta påverkar deras möjligheter att skapa en klassrumsmiljö som gynnar lärande. Detta undersöktes genom en fallstudie innefattande semistrukturerade intervjuer och kortobservationer. Studiens slutsatser är att trots att svenskläraryrket kan vara emotionellt givande och ge energi genom eleverna, positiv feedback, kollegor och arbetet i sig så är det också emotionellt belastande och tar energi på många sätt. Den emotionella belastningen kommer enligt lärarna i studien främst ifrån att yrket har med människor att göra och att läraren förväntas hantera både elever och föräldrar men också kollegor, skolledning och myndigheter samtidigt som förändringar sker i yrket genom olika reformer och politiska beslut. Lärarna ger mycket av sin energi på jobbet vilket gör att de inte alltid har så mycket energi kvar till familj och vänner. Detta gör att resursfördelningen blir ojämn och arbete/privatliv konkurrerar om resurserna mer än vad de stöttar varandra. Lärarna menar att den fysiska miljön är viktig för att lärandet ska gynnas men att relationerna i klassrummet spelar väldigt stor roll både för positiva och negativa emotioner.  

Abstract [en]

The teaching profession is complex and encompasses both knowledge transfer, administration and more emotionally demanding parts. Through the reforms of recent decades, the nature of teaching has changed, and previous research shows that the focus of schools has to some extent shifted from theoretical studies to student care. This affects what it means to be a teacher and how teachers experience the profession. The purpose of this study is to investigate the experiences of emotional strain in the profession among Swedish teachers in upper secondary school and how they perceive this to affect their ability to create a classroom environment that is beneficial to learning. This was investigated through a single case study including semistructured interviews and short observations. The study concludes that although the Swedish teaching profession can be emotionally rewarding and energizing through students, positive feedback, colleagues and the work itself, it is also emotionally stressful and takes energy in many ways. According to the teachers in the study, the emotional strain comes mainly from the fact that the profession has to do with people and that the teacher is expected to deal with both students and parents but also colleagues, school management and authorities at the same timeas changes are taking place in the schools through various reforms and political decisions. Teachers give a lot of their energy at work, which means that they do not always have much energy left for family and friends. This implies that the distribution of resources becomes uneven and work/private life competes for resources rather than support each other. The teachers believe that the physical environment is important for learning to be beneficial, but that relationships in the classroom play a very large role in both positive and negative emotions.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025.
Keywords [en]
Emotional strain, emotional labor, beneficial learning environment, Swedish teaching, upper secondary school teacher, stress and energy, emotions in the teaching profession, COR theory
Keywords [sv]
Emotionell belastning, emotionellt arbete, gynnsam lärandemiljö, svensklärare, gymnasielärare, stress och energi, känslor i läraryrket, COR-teori
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Educational Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-50604OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-50604DiVA, id: diva2:1958650
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Educational Work
Available from: 2025-05-16 Created: 2025-05-16 Last updated: 2025-10-09

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