The Effects of Emotional Traits in Teaching Performance

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Work Education Organisation grade: 4.8 University of Colombo (UNICA) language: English abstract: The purpose of this study is to illustrate some of the effects of negative emotional traits in the teaching performance of two English seven and eight grade teachers with forty students each in a public school in Suba Bogotá. The work focused on three negative emotional traits (frustration anxiety and lack of creativity) that are the core of a negative class environment. The research of Ferguson Frost& Hall (2012) explores some of the physical effects such as increased blood pressure anger headaches and some psychological effects such as anxiety nervousness tension frustration and panic that some teachers might experience when they are exposed to situations of high amount of stress. Furthermore those effects can affect teacher performance when teaching classes. Two case studies described the situations that affect teachers' performance how teachers reacted when experiencing those situations and what the outcomes are in the classroom environment. The main situations found during the study are related with students' behavior students' attitude about class activities school demands regarding class structure and the amount of English use during classes.