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Teacher Resilience ESRC Seminar Series Seminar 4

Teacher Resilience ESRC Seminar Series Seminar 4. Resilience: Broadening the Perspective Professor Amanda Griffiths Nottingham: 19 th January 2011. Outline. Update from last time What is occupational health psychology? What is resilience? A broader perspective?

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Teacher Resilience ESRC Seminar Series Seminar 4

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  1. Teacher ResilienceESRC Seminar SeriesSeminar 4 Resilience: Broadening the Perspective Professor Amanda Griffiths Nottingham: 19th January 2011

  2. Outline • Update from last time • What is occupational health psychology? • What is resilience? • A broader perspective? • Implications of definition for application & misapplication • Personal growth – implications for individual teachers & their managers

  3. Occupational Health Psychology • Using the principles of applied psychology to the study of occupational health & well-being • Individual issues – health behaviour, attitudes, personality, health, well-being, illness, treatment, rehabilitation • Systems issues – training, selection, induction, appraisal, work design, management styles, organisational culture

  4. Resilience – A Meaningful Thing? • Without an agreed & precise definition of any concept we cannot: • measure it reliably • study it scientifically • establish an adequate evidence base to justify interventions • evaluate those interventions • In the case of resilience, distinguish it from other similar concepts • stress inoculation, stress resistance, hardiness, coping strategies, burnout

  5. Resilience - Definition • Interaction • Individuals & personal & professional contexts • Time - past & present

  6. Personal Growth • Why do some people ‘grow’, feel stronger & more resilient after challenges while others become ill? Different coping mechanisms? • Help people to reflect about difficulties in their professional experience appropriately? • How can we design supportive organisations?

  7. Research & Interventions • Exposure – what is the relationship between resilience & age/experience? • Teacher training & CPD • Encouraging growth via reflection (not rumination) • Management (leadership) training & organisational policy development

  8. amanda.griffiths@nottingham.ac.ukiwho/nottingham.ac.uk

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