A Brief Review of Teacher Emotions in a Scopus-indexed Journal: Research Trends, Findings, and Suggestions

Abstract

Teacher emotions have increasingly been acknowledged as a crucial aspect of the classroom context. Numerous studies have been conducted to explore their influence on teaching and learning outcomes. This paper aims to summarize trends in research on teacher emotions by reporting a brief review of 11 key articles published in Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice between 2016 and 2024. The review underscores diverse topics on teacher emotions, including school policies, students, students’ parents, instructional strategies, and early years of teaching. This review advances a deeper understanding of teacher emotions across different contexts and disciplines. It offers valuable implications for strategies to impede teacher negative emotions while upholding their positive ones, ultimately facilitating their students’ learning outcomes.

Keywords: teacher emotions, negative and positive emotions, research trends

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/16-3-22

Publication date: March 30^th 2025